Tongue training technique for guiding the mandible in establishing horizontal jaw relation in edentulous patients.
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DOI: 10.1111/ger.12682
Abstract: BACKGROUND Edentulous patients have poor neuromuscular proprioception to guide the mandible to the desirable horizontal relation. Horizontal jaw relation is a complex relationship in which variation may occur in vertical, anteroposterior and mediolateral directions. OBJECTIVE… read more here.
Keywords: centric relation; jaw relation; tongue; horizontal jaw ... See more keywords
The medial pterygoid muscle: a stabiliser of horizontal jaw movement
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DOI: 10.1111/joor.12542
Abstract: There is limited information of the normal function of the human medial pterygoid muscle (MPt). The aims were to determine whether (i) the MPt is active throughout horizontal jaw movements with the teeth apart and… read more here.
Keywords: movement; medial pterygoid; pterygoid muscle; horizontal jaw ... See more keywords