アブストラクト（9巻1号：The Bulletin of Kanagawa Dental College）

The Bulletin of Kanagawa Dental College

English

Title　： Study of Mandibular Movements Recorded by Light-Emitting Diodes (LED)
Subtitle　： ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Authors　： Yoshito Kawagoe, Hideo Watanabe, Ippei Katsura, Yoshiaki Yamamura, Tadahiro Fujita, Hideo Aoki
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Organization　： Department of Prosthodontics, Kanagawa Dental College
Journal　： The Bulletin of Kanagawa Dental College
Volume　： 9
Number　： 1
Page　： 47-52
Year/Month　： 1981 / 3
Article　： Original article
Publisher　： Kanagawa Odontological Society
Abstract　： [Abstract] Knowledge of mandibular movements of patients in clinical prosthodontics is very important not only for constructing prosthesis but also for evaluating the occlusion of a masticatory dysfunctional patient in order to attain a pertinent diagnosis. Wide range of studies has been carried out and reported by many others to record the three dimensional movements accurately. Consequently, the structure of the apparatus has become complicated. As one of characteristic features in the current trend, modern electronics has come to be widely adopted among many fields in dental research. Perhaps, light-emitting diodes (LED) can be considered as one of them. In this study, the effectiveness of LED was evaluated by its application to a subject and a three dimensional experiment was conducted on the chewing cycle with chewing gum and peanuts, which showed the different pathways of chewing patterns on the orthofunctional side compared with the dysfunctional regardless of the type of food. The results evidenced that this apparatus is effective and practical in recording mandibular movements of an individual patient.
Practice　： Dentistry
Keywords　： Light-emitting diodes, Occlusion, Mandibular movements