title: Appliance effects on the masseter and temporal muscle electromyography of patients with facial asymmetry.
abstract: The usual symmetrical EMG recordings were disturbed in all 5 cases of asymmetrical dentofacial deformity. A marked electrical activity of the masseter and temporal muscles opposite to the site of the lesion was observed.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shirrazi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ehterami
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Djahanguiri
mesh_terms: D000202:Activator Appliances; D002648:Child; D004576:Electromyography; D005146:Facial Asymmetry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000254:growth & development; D008337:Mandibular Fractures; D008406:Masseter Muscle / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013703:Temporal Muscle / Q000503:physiopathology*