title: Electromyographic activity of the jaw-closing muscles in patients with osseointegrated implant fixed partial dentures.
abstract: The control of postural and synergistic jaw reflexes involves interrelated sensory input from receptors in the jaw muscles, temporomandibular joint, periodontal ligament, and mucosa. This investigation was done to determine whether a decrease in intraoral sensory afferent discharge significantly altered the onset of the jaw-unloading reflex. The subject population consisted of three groups with 10 subjects in each group. Group 1 had maxillary and mandibular natural teeth and group 2 consisted of edentulous subjects with complete dentures. Group 3 consisted of edentulous subjects with maxillary complete dentures and mandibular complete implant-supported prostheses. The unloading reflex was initiated with a muscle-unloading device and recorded with a storage oscilloscope. A one-way analysis of variance found no significant differences in the unloading-reflex latency for the masseter or temporal muscles among the three experimental groups (p less than 0.05).
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Ehrling Bergquist Strategic Hospital, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Storey
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Rugh
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Parel
mesh_terms: D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D015921:Dental Implants; D003817:Dentition; D003824:Denture, Complete; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D008406:Masseter Muscle / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000294:innervation; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000503:physiopathology; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology; D010513:Periodontal Ligament / Q000294:innervation; D011930:Reaction Time; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology; D013703:Temporal Muscle / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants