title: Single tooth bite forces in healthy young adults.
abstract: The assessment of bite forces on healthy single tooth appears essential for a correct quantification of the actual impact of single implant oral rehabilitations. In the present study, a new single tooth strain-gauge bite transducer was used in 52 healthy young adults (36 men, 16 women) with a complete permanent dentition. The influences of tooth position along the dental arch, of side, and of sex, on maximum bite force were assessed by an ANOVA. No significant left-right differences were found. On average, in both sexes the lowest bite force was recorded on the incisors (40-48% of maximum single tooth bite force), the largest force was recorded on the first molar. Bite forces were larger in men than in women (P < 0.002), and increased monotonically along the arch until the first or second permanent molar (P < 0.0001). The present data can be used as reference values for the comparison of dental forces in patients.
authors.affiliation: Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Dipartimento di Anatomia Umana, Functional Anatomy Research Center, Laboratorio di Anatomia Funzionale dell'Apparato Stomatognatico, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy. farc@unimi.it
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Ferrario
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sforza
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Serrao
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dellavia
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Tartaglia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001641:Bicuspid / Q000502:physiology; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001732:Bite Force; D003481:Cuspid / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008963:Molar / Q000502:physiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D014070:Tooth / Q000502:physiology*