Open AccessA preliminary study to find out maximum occlusal bite force in Indian individuals
Author(s) -
Veena Jain,
Vijay Prakash Mathur,
R Pillai,
Sandeep Kalra
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.138330
Subject(s) - bite force quotient , orthodontics , dentistry , medicine
This preliminary hospital based study was designed to measure the mean maximum bite force (MMBF) in healthy Indian individuals. An attempt was made to correlate MMBF with body mass index (BMI) and some of the anthropometric features.