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The relationship between oral tori and bite force
Chan-Woo Jeong1,2, Kyung-Ho Kim3, Hyo-Won Jang1
1a Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery , Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Dentistry , Seoul , Republic of Korea.
Objective:
The relationship between bite force and torus palatinus or mandibularis remains to be explained. The major aim of this study was to determine the correlation between bite force and oral tori.
Methods:
The bite force of 345 patients was measured with a bite force recorder; impressions of the shape and size of the oral tori were taken on plaster models prior to orthodontic treatments. Subsequently, the relationship between oral tori and bite force was analyzed.
Results:
The size, shape, and incidence of torus palatinus was not significantly correlated with bite force. However, the size of torus mandibularis increased significantly in proportion to the bite force (p = 0.020). The occurrence of different types of oral tori was not correlated with the bite force.
Discussion:
The size of torus mandibularis provides information about bite force and can thus be used to clinically assess occlusal stress.
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