@article{477519c152ac487d89b039124596cd04,
title = "Electromyographic activity of the jaw-closing muscles in patients with osseointegrated implant fixed partial dentures",
abstract = "The control of postural and synergistic jaw reflexes involves interrelated sensory input from receptors in the jaw muscles, temporomandibular joint, periodontal ligament, and mucosa. This investigation was done to determine whether a decrease in intraoral sensory afferent discharge significantly altered the onset of the jaw-unloading reflex. The subject population consisted of three groups with 10 subjects in each group. Group 1 had maxillary and mandibular natural teeth and group 2 consisted of edentulous subjects with complete dentures. Group 3 consisted of edentulous subjects with maxillary complete dentures and mandibular complete implant-supported prostheses. The unloading reflex was initiated with a muscleunloading device and recorded with a storage oscilloscope. A one-way analysis of variance found no significant differences in the unloading-reflex latency for the masseter or temporal muscles among the three experimental groups (p < 0.05).",
author = "Duncan, {Randall C.} and Storey, {Arthur T.} and Rugh, {John D.} and Parel, {Stephen M.}",
note = "Funding Information: The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the U.S. Air Force or the Department of Defense. Supported in part by the Education and Research Foundation of Prosthodontics. Third place, John J. Sharry Prosthodontic Research Competition, American College of Prosthodontists, Tucson, Ark., 1990. aMajor, U.S. Air Force, Dental Corps; Assistant Chairman, De-partment of Prosthodontics, Ehrling Bergquist Strategic Hos-pital. bProfessor and Chairman, Department of Orthodontics, Univer-sity of Texas Health Science Center, Dental School. cProfessor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Uni-versity of Texas Health Science Center, Dental School. dProfessor and Head, Division of Maxillofacial Prosthetics, Uni-versity of Texas Health Science Center, Dental School.",
year = "1992",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1016/0022-3913(92)90088-R",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "67",
pages = "544--549",
journal = "The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry",
issn = "0022-3913",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "4",
}