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Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 01 Oct 1988

Freeway Space Measurement Using Mandibular Kinesiograph and EMG Before and After TENS

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Page Range: 343 – 350
DOI: 10.1043/0003-3219(1988)058<0343:FSMUMK>2.0.CO;2
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Abstract

This investigation expands on a previous pilot study of the effects of TENS on the resting position of the mandible. The tendency is for an increase in freeway space, but the variability of results makes individual evaluation essential.

Copyright: Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists

Contributor Notes

Peter A. Konchak, D.D.S., D. Paedo., D. Ortho. is Professor in the Department of Community and Pediatric Dentistry at the College of Dentistry of the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Norman R. Thomas, B.Sc., B.D.S., Ph.D., Cert. Oral Path. is Professor in the Division of Physiology of the Faculty of Dentistry at The University of Alberta in Edmonton

Dennis T. Lanigan, D.M.D., M.D., Cert. Oral Surg. is Associate Professor in the Department of Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences at the College of Dentistry of the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon

Richard M. Devon, B.Sc., Ph.D. is Associate Professor in the Department of Oral Biology at the College of Dentistry of the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon

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