Research Article

The Reliability of a New Device for Measuring the Maximum Bite Force

Table 4

Comparison of maximum bite force between the right and left sides in the OSMF group and healthy groups in D2 and D1 by the dependent -test.

DeviceGroupsRight sideLeft side value value
MeanStd. dev.MeanStd. dev.

D2OSMF group629.1235.67624.7227.091.20580.2327
Healthy group619.8424.17619.3422.310.26420.7925
D1OSMF group625.8427.44631.6126.59-2.00000.0501
Healthy group617.5226.55622.0036.13-1.22530.2253

Std. dev: standard deviation.