Abstract
The present study was designed to analyze the influence of the continuous mastication with the nonhabitual chewing side on mastication movements.
1. The daily increase in the ratio of one side biased chewing on the nonhabitual chewing side was either rapid or gradual.
2. On the habitual chewing side, there were no daily characteristic fluctuations in the 2 variables of area, but other parameters tended to increase. On the other hand, on the nonhabitual chewing side, all parameters tended to decrease daily.
3. As a result of a canonical correlation analysis made between the number of chewing strokes and all parameters on the habitual and the nonhabitual sides, the first canonical correlation coefficient was larger on the nonhabitual side than on the habitual side.
