title: [A biomechanical study on the morphological changing process of human bitemarks].
abstract: This is a biomechanical research in the morphological changing process of human bitemarks on the skin of dogs. The human bitemarks were made on the live and dead dogs by different tooth and occlusal force. The changing process of the bitemarks were recorded for a long time and its related morphological parameters were measured. Then multiple stepwise regression analysis was made to disclose the relationship of the shape of the bitemarks to occlusal force, time, and tooth area, tooth width and thickness. The mathematic relationship of the morphological changing process of the bitemark with occlusal force, time and tooth shape was established.
authors.affiliation: West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Xinmin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Dahong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001732:Bite Force; D001734:Bites, Human / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans