A Fundamental Study on the Masticatory Function and the Prevention and Control of a Relapse of Oral Disorders for Handicapped Children

Part 4 The eating function judged by electromyographic andlysis

Abstract

The present report deals with some of the results of the studies on dental treatment for the physically handicapped children, which was performed on the consignment of Tokyo Metropolitan City in 1983.
With respect to the developmental condition of the eating function based on electromyographic analysis, it was observed that the masticatory efficacy increased the better whole body developed or the better the eating function became, and that, as a result, the masticatory frequency and time and the single timeduration were able to be reduced compared to those with severe defects, indicating that the masticatory function conducted efficiently showed an intimate correlation between the development of the eating and whole body functions and the electromyographic findings.