title: [Predominant occlusal function during lateral mandibular movements in the black African patient].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Département de prothèse et occlusodontie, UFR odonto-stomatologie Université de Cocody, 22 bp612 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Djeredou
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Kamagate
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thiam
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Pesson
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bamba
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D044383:Black People; D003481:Cuspid / Q000502:physiology; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000502:physiology*; D008963:Molar / Q000502:physiology; D009068:Movement; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors