title: An electromyographic study of masseter muscle activity amongst overdenture and complete denture patients.
abstract: In recent years the dental profession has extended preventive Dentistry Concept in Prosthodontics by using overdenture. An Overdenture has a number of advantages over ordinary full dentures, including an improved neuromuscular performance. This study was carried out on two groups of patients wearing complete overdenture and conventional complete dentures to find out the masseter muscle activity in different oral condition and how muscle activity of patients with overdentures differ from that of patients with conventional complete denture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Prosthetics, Govt. Dental College, Ahmedabad.
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001732:Bite Force; D000044:Dental Abutments; D003824:Denture, Complete / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003828:Denture, Overlay / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D008406:Masseter Muscle / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection; D012016:Reference Values