Open AccessClinical Measurement of Maximum Mouth Opening in Children of Kolkata and Its Relation with Different Facial Types
Author(s) -
Jalis Fatima,
Rahul Kaul,
Parul Jain,
Subrata Saha,
Sonali Halder,
Subir Sarkar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/21232.8217
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , statistical significance , stomatognathic system , overbite , orthodontics , incisor , maxillary central incisor , age groups , molar , demography , sociology
Maximal opening of mouth is described as the greatest distance between incisal edge of maxillary central incisor to the incisal edge of mandibular central incisor, when the mouth is opened as wide as possible painlessly or as the inter incisal distance plus the overbite. Clinical measurement of normal range of Maximum Mouth Opening (MMO) in children is an important diagnostic criterion for evaluation of stomatognathic system, especially for those with temporomandibular and neurogenic dysfunctions.