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The Effect of Occlusal Forces on Healing Following Mucogingival Surgery ,
Author(s) -
Glickman Irving,
Smulow Jerome B.,
Vogel Giorgio,
Passamonti Gino
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
the journal of periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1943-3670
pISSN - 1049-8885
DOI - 10.1902/jop.1966.37.4.319
Subject(s) - periodontology , library science , citation , medicine , dentistry , computer science
Nine adult mongrel dogs were used as experimental animals and divided according to occlusal function in the maxillary anterior region as follows: Group I—Unaltered occlusion, 2 animals, Group II—Hyperfunction, 3 animals; Group III—Hypofunction, 3 animals. One animal served as unoperated control. Hyperfunction was created using a cast gold overcontoured splint cemented on the mandibular anterior teeth so as to increase the vertical dimension and create excessive apico-labial forces (Fig . 1) . Hypofunction was created by extraction of the mandibular incisors (Fig . 2 ) .