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16097231

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-15
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the influence of an activator appliance and a spring active appliance on masticatory muscle activity by means of electromyography (EMG). Twelve adult males with good general health were recruited as subjects. Three functional appliances were used in each subject for long-period EMG recording during daytime and sleep and short-time EMG recording during voluntary biting. Following findings were obtained. (1) The activity of all muscles was greater during biting than during daytime and sleep, (2) the muscle activities tended to increase in the digastric muscle and to decrease in the temporal muscle with activators under all conditions, and (3) the temporalis-masseter ratios became lower with the biting use of appliances. Therefore, this study suggests that functional appliances should be used during sleep and during the day in combination with voluntary biting to achieve adaptation and development of the masticatory muscles.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0003-3219
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
616-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Influence of functional appliances on masticatory muscle activity.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan. tabehi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article