Jaw reflexes evoked by mechanical stimulation of teeth in humans. The reflex response of jaw muscles to mechanical stimulation of an upper incisor tooth was investigated using the surface electromyogram (SEMG) of the masseter muscle and the bite force. With a slowly rising stimulus, the reflex response obtained on the masseter SEMG showed three different patterns of reflex responses; sole excit...

INTRODUCTION: Subjective facial analysis is a diagnostic method that provides morphological analysis of the face. Thus, the aim of the present study was to compare the facial and dental diagnoses and investigate their relationship. METHODS: This sample consisted of 151 children (7 to 13 years old), without previous orthodontic treatment, analyzed by an orthodontist. Standardized extraoral an...

Bite marks inflicted on animate and inanimate objects will undergo a certain degree of deformation. This fact remains one of the biggest stumbling blocks when analyzing evidence for court presentation. It has been demonstrated that the reliability of pattern association analysis will not be affected by minimal degrees of warping, shrinkage, and distortion. In this study, affine transformations ...

Purpose: To investigate the relation between temporomandibular joint (TMJ), pain and anterior open bite versus TMJ structional changes Materials and Methods: Sixty-four patients, 18 men and 46 female, with TMJ involvement of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were included. 20 healthy patients were included as controls. A clinical examination performed regarding TMJ pain, tenderness to palpation and the...

To understand tone and intonation in speech, we need to identify their functional components. To identify these components from the acoustic signal of speech, it is critical to recognize that they are not equivalent to any directly observable surface patterns. This is because, as will be argued in this paper, there are multiple degrees of separation between functional components of tone and int...

Differential scaling of musculoskeletal traits leads to differences in performance across ontogeny and ultimately determines patterns of resource use during development. Because musculoskeletal growth of the feeding system facilitates high bite-force generation necessary to overcome the physical constraints of consuming more durable prey, durophagous taxa are well suited for investigations of t...

background: the incidence of animal bite is increasing in iran and there is lack of knowledge about animal bite in children. hence, the aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of animal bite in children and also evaluate delayed time of post exposure prophylaxis(pep) in children. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 172 children cases of animal bites ...