A New Tridimensional Insight into Geometric and Kinematic Characteristics of Masticatory Cycles in Participants with Normal Occlusion

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Graphs of quantitative parameters. General features: (a) number of chewing cycles, (b) frequency-chewing cycles/second; (c) number of cycles/frequency correlation. Geometrical features: comparison among thirds of chewing cycles, (d) ratio of frontal cycle area/frontal border movements’ area, (e) ratio of sagittal cycle area/sagittal border movements’ area, (f) frontal x sagittal areas ratio. Kinesiological features: comparison among thirds of chewing cycles, (g) mouth opening speed, (h) mouth closing speed, (i) mouth opening x closing speeds. differences ().

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