Resumen
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).
Idioma original | English (US) |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 544-549 |
Número de páginas | 6 |
Publicación | The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry |
Volumen | 67 |
N.º | 4 |
DOI | |
Estado | Published - abr 1992 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oral Surgery