title: The need of eccentric balance during mastication.
abstract: A study of the masticatory performance of 30 patients with balancing contacts in centric relation was compared with an equal number of patients with balancing contacts in both centric and eccentric relations. The study failed to show any significant difference between masticatory performance of the two groups.
authors.affiliation: Government Dental College and Hospital, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Motwani
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Sidhaye
mesh_terms: D016302:Centric Relation; D003725:Dental Articulators; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D003767:Dental Occlusion, Balanced; D003779:Denture Design; D003824:Denture, Complete; D006801:Humans; D007574:Jaw Relation Record; D008409:Mastication / Q000502:physiology*