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Objectives: To evaluate the within-session repeatability of surface electromyographic func- tional indices obtained with the Teethan® wireless system and to determine the influence of body posture during maximum voluntary clenching. Methods: Thirty-one healthy dentate participants with no self-reported temporomandi...

Objectives: To compare occlusal, facial, and craniocervical postural characteristics according to the breathing pattern, study the association between temporomandibular disorders’ (TMDs) class and severity, gauge the influence of the breathing pattern, head and neck posture, occlusal class, and facial pattern ...

Nos últimos anos, vários autores têm estudado a relação entre Disfunção Temporomandibular (DTM) e Desordens Cervico-espinhais (DCE), com o objectivo de determinar se existe influência recíproca entre as estruturas do sistema estomatognático e a cadeia postural. A ...

Introdução: Vários autores têm sugerido a existência de uma interdependência funcional entre os músculos cervicais e a musculatura mastigatória. Na sequência desta interdependência funcional, alterações posturais, principalmente da cabe&cced...

Objectives: This study aimed to provide information about dentists’ body posture on a conventional chair vs. a saddle-seat chair while performing dental procedures. Information was obtained using inertial motion sensors. Methods: Twenty-four dentists performed a Class I cavity in the upper right and left first m...