Research Article

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

Table 2

Quantitative data of the masticatory cycles (Part II). Mean values of the frontal and sagittal envelope area of the masticatory cycles and the frontal and sagittal envelope areas of the mandibular border movements.

PatientsGenderFrontal cycle area (mm2)Sagittal cycle area (mm2)Frontal border envelope area (mm2)Sagittal border envelope area (mm2)

1F31.96 ± 24.548.22 ± 5.81444.34 ± 35.6580.47 ± 4.3
2F29.13 ± 29.5210.24 ± 8642.24 ± 17.1268.48 ± 25.88
3F47.68 ± 28.488.97 ± 7.46323.32 ± 97.8381.97 ± 40.2
4F30.49 ± 19.959.74 ± 7.76830.89 ± 38.1482.51 ± 25.45
5F49.07 ± 22.679.61 ± 7.29573.2 ± 46.3881.84 ± 11.73

6M19.98 ± 19.455.06 ± 3.56187.93 ± 28.0342.04 ± 13.41
7M56.05 ± 29.5511.72 ± 11.5463 ± 19.0155.99 ± 20.5
8M24.92 ± 20.917.47 ± 6.24687.84 ± 38.3865.29 ± 19.04
9M20.68 ± 16.675.27 ± 4.67267.09 ± 44.212.62 ± 9.17
10M24.63 ± 16.047.64 ± 6.26497.66 ± 46.5185.35 ± 16.5

Total32.46 ± 25.028.3 ± 7.24