title: Oral stereognostic ability: a test of oral perception.
abstract: Oral stereognosis (form or shape recognition in the oral cavity) can be utilized to assess oral perceptual abilities. This assessment can be beneficial in planning as well as predicting the future outcome of any treatment modality in the orodental region. This article provides a meta analysis of different studies conducted in the last fifty years to quantify magnitude of oral sensory capacity using oral stereognostic ability tests and their implication in clinical dental sciences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, de' Montmorency Institute of Dental Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. drbilalahmed@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Bilal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Mehmood
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: Nazia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yazdanie
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009055:Mouth / Q000502:physiology*; D013236:Stereognosis