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Changes in facial skin temperature associated with unilateral chewing
Author(s) -
BERRY D. C.,
YEMM R.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of oral rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2842
pISSN - 0305-182X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2842.1974.tb00770.x
Subject(s) - masseter muscle , medicine , thermography , skin temperature , facial muscles , dentistry , orthodontics , anatomy , biomedical engineering , physics , infrared , optics
Summary The changes in facial skin temperature during prolonged unilateral chewing were investigated by thermography (AGA Thermovision System, Model 665). An increase in skin temperature over the masseter area was demonstrated, but this was not invariable, and not always over the ‘working’ side. The suggestion is made that prolonged bruxism could result in a continuously raised blood flow within the masseter muscle.