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Maximum bite force among a group of Iraqi children in relation to mandibular growth rotation | ||
| Journal of baghdad college of dentistry | ||
| Article 1, Volume 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-130 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Nagham Al-Sahaf; Ban Ali; Muna S. Khalaf | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACTBackground: A growing bone is susceptible to deformation resulting from muscle forces acting upon it. Abnormal forceduring the growth period can produce abnormal form. This study was conducted to examine the existence of a correlationbetween maximum bite force and mandibular growth rotation in Iraqi children.Materials and methods: Maximum bite force was measured among 61 children (22 males and 39 females) by the use of agnathodynamometer. Cephalometric lateral views were obtained for each child and traced for measuring mandibularrotational angles and distances.Results: A clear correlation existed between maximum bite force and mandibular rotational angles. In boys the correlationbetween maximum bite force and mandibular rotational angles followed a similar pattern of the total sample. In girlsmaximum bite force was directly correlated to the height of the ramus only.Conclusion: Maximum bite force in children can be used as an indicator for determining the direction of the growth of themandible.Key words: Bite force, children, mandibular rotation. (J Bagh Coll Dentistry 2011;23(1):125-130). | ||
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