Introduction: Oral stereognosis basically is the ability of our sensory mechanism to recognize the shape of objects placed in oral cavity. The science of stereognosis is very important for the dentist as well as technician so that to understand the expectation level of the patients and predict the prognosis of the prosthesis. Subjects and Methods: This study was carried out on 60 selected patie...

Background: The corollary is not investigated in the completely edentulous patients with palatal tori. Objective: aim of this study was to assess oral stereognostic ability Material and Methods: Thirty-four aged 50 89 years were allocated Group 1 (without tori, n=18) 2 (with n=16). test conducted using 6 intraoral pieces (circle/square/rectangle/triangle/plus/toroid) that fabricated standard di...

AIM To investigate tactile perception and manual dexterity, with or without visual feedback, in males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). METHOD Forty males with DMD (mean age 9 y 8 mo, SD 2 y 3 mo; range 5-14 y), recruited from the teaching hospital of the School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo, with disease severity graded as '1' to '6' on the Vignos Scale and '1' on Brooke's...

Oral sensorimotor function is essential for mastication. We hypothesized that palatal coverage would disturb mastication and sensorimotor function. Masticatory efficiency, which was expressed by the declination rate of particle size, and oral stereognosis ability (OSA) were measured for 20 dentate subjects. Both measurements were first performed without an experimental palatal plate. These meas...