Tongue and jaw muscle activity in response to mandibular rotations in a sample of normal and anterior open-bite subjects.

In order to investigate the effect of mandibular rotations in human subjects, the electromyographic activity from the left GG, left masseter, and left orbicularis oris muscles was recorded during voluntary opening movements of the mandible that were monitored by an electronic transducer. For each muscle, a computer-based system was used to calculate a threshold incisor-separation position corresponding to a 20 percent increase in base line muscle activity. The mean threshold level for the GG muscle in a sample of twenty subjects with normal occlusions was 53.0 percent (S.D. +/- 22.8)of maximum jaw opening. By contrast, a sample of nine subjects with anterior open-bite malocclusions had a statistically significant (p less than 0.001) lower mean threshold of 5.9 percent (S.D. +/- 4.5) of maximum jaw opening. No significant differences in masseter or orbicularis oris muscle activity were found between the two samples. Since postural tongue activity could play an important role in the development of the anterior dentition, the lower threshold for the GG muscle activity in response to jaw opening in anterior open-bite subjects may be of significant clinical importance.

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