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

Table 1

Quantitative data of the masticatory cycles (Part I). Mean values of the number of masticatory cycles, frequency, and ratios between the area of the cycles and the areas of the border mandibular movements by the frontal and lateral views, and speed of opening and closing of the mouth.

Patients	Gender	No. cycles	Frequency (cycles/s)	Frontal cycle area/border envelope area ()	Sagittal cycle area/border envelope area ()	Mouth opening speed (mm/s)	Mouth closing speed (mm/s)
1	F	18 ± 1	1.26 ± 0.02	7.13 ± 5.52	10.22 ± 7.22	45.43 ± 9.17	47.32 ± 10.31
2	F	16.3 ± 0.6	1.12 ± 0.1	4.54 ± 4.6	14.95 ± 11.68	46.1 ± 10.05	49.53 ± 8.74
3	F	12.3 ± 2.5	1.29 ± 0.17	14.75 ± 8.81	10.94 ± 9.1	61.29 ± 14.61	44 ± 9.77
4	F	15 ± 1.7	1.42 ± 0.03	3.67 ± 2.4	11.81 ± 9.41	46.68 ± 11.49	44.35 ± 11.44
5	F	25.7 ± 3.2	1.42 ± 0.04	8.56 ± 3.95	11.74 ± 8.91	58.81 ± 10.86	56.25 ± 10.13
6	M	16.5 ± 0.7	1.49 ± 0.01	10.63 ± 10.35	12.3 ± 8.46	62.28 ± 11.87	60.25 ± 7.01
7	M	18.7 ± 2.1	1.57 ± 0.04	12.11 ± 6.38	20.94 ± 20.54	72.36 ± 13.03	67.23 ± 10.53
8	M	24.7 ± 1.5	1.72 ± 0.09	3.62 ± 3.04	11.44 ± 9.55	57.73 ± 11.28	58.46 ± 10.08
9	M	23.7 ± 3.1	1.71 ± 0.04	7.74 ± 6.24	41.78 ± 37	48.91 ± 10.95	56.62 ± 10.67
10	M	45.3 ± 3.5	1.64 ± 0.05	4.95 ± 3.22	4.15 ± 3.36	55.32 ± 8.25	53.86 ± 8.92
	Total	21.6 ± 9.4	1.46 ± 0.21