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Journal of Dental Research, Vol 72, 876-882, Copyright © 1993 by International & American Associations for Dental Research Online Journals

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The effect of an occlusal stabilization splint and the mode of visual feedback on the activity balance between jaw-elevator muscles during isometric contraction

F. Lobbezoo, H. W. van der Glas, F. M. van Kampen and F. Bosman
Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.

The aim of the present study was to gain an insight into the influence of a vertical bite-rise (clenching in intercuspal occlusion vs. clenching on an occlusal stabilization splint), the mode of visual feedback (VF; obtained from the compound masseter signal, from the compound anterior temporalis signal, or from the compound signal of both masseter and anterior temporalis muscles) and the EMG clenching level (10% MVC and 50% MVC) on the muscle balance between the masseter and the anterior temporalis muscles. The muscle balance was quantified as the logarithmic value of the ratio between the summated mean rectified EMG activity of the masseter muscles and this activity of the anterior temporalis muscles. The muscle balance was influenced significantly by the mode of VF (p < 0.01), the muscle balance shifting toward the group of muscles from which VF was obtained. When VF was obtained from the masseter muscles, a decrease in the anterior temporalis EMG activity was observed when the vertical dimension was increased (p < 0.05-0.01). When VF was obtained from the anterior temporalis muscles, the activity of the masseter muscles was raised with respect to that of the anterior temporalis muscles during clenching with a vertical bite-rise (p < 0.05-0.01). When VF was obtained from both groups of muscles, the masseteric EMG activity increased, whereas the anterior temporalis EMG activity decreased. Hence, regardless of the mode of VF, a relatively lower activity level of the anterior temporalis muscles was achieved after insertion of an occlusal stabilization splint.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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