RESULTS OF THE ASSESSMENT OF CHANGES IN MASTICATORY MUSCLE TONE IN RELATION TO THE PATIENT'S BODY POSITION

30.10.2023 International Scientific Journal "Science and Innovation". Series D. Volume 2 Issue 10

Xaydarova Durdona Munisovna, Karimov Islom Ikromovich

Abstract. Thirty patients aged 9-18 years without skeletal pathology were studied. All patients were right-handed without a clear definition of the habitual side of chewing. A series of measurements of masticatory muscle tone was performed using the Myoton-3s muscle tone device. The measurements were taken in three positions: sitting in a dental chair with the head resting on the headrest, standing and sitting in a chair. In each body position, masticatory muscle tone was assessed three times on the right and left at rest, at the first occlusion of the dentition and at maximum compression. A statistical analysis of the data was performed to determine the reliability of differences in the mean tone values.

Keywords: kinesiography, myotonometry, EMG, axiography, TMJ, MRI, CT scanning, and arthrography, muscular-articular