Predominant occlusal function during lateral mandibular movements in the black African patient
Djeredou, K.B.; Kamagate, F.S.; Thiam, A.; Pesson, D.M.; Bamba, I.
Odonto-Stomatologie Tropicale 25(100): 26-28
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0251-172X PMID: 12680132 Document Number: 542032
The research of the predominant occlusal function during mandibular movements of laterality at the topic African melanoderme, drove authors of this survey to: select 52 healthy topics (11 women and 41 men), aged of 22 to 33 years old observe and note at every topic the presence and the nature of contacts or their possible absence of the working side during the movement of deduction. Observations done as well directly in mouth, that on models put in semi-adaptable articulators, permitted to note that the function of posterior group is more the recovered so much at women that at men, at the young adults and at adults.