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| Author(s): |
Michel Campos Ribeiro
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Ribeirão Preto. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Odontologia de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2010-06-02 |
| Examining board members: |
Alexandre Elias Trivellato;
Roger William Fernandes Moreira;
Valfrido Antonio Pereira Filho
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| Advisor: | Alexandre Elias Trivellato |
| Abstract | |
This study evaluated the bite force, electromyography and jaw mobility in patients undergoing surgery for treatment of fractures that attacked alone, the mandible and the zygomatic-orbital complex. The bite force was recorded by gnathodynamometer in the region of the molars on the side of the fracture and contralateral side and between the central incisors. The electromyographic signals were captured of masseter and temporal muscles. The mandibular mobility was assessed by measuring with a digital caliper, mouth opening, right and left laterality, and protruding jaw, all in the maximum amplitude. The sample consisted of three groups: Group 1 - Control (without fracture - ranking only) with 12 subjects, Group 2 - mandibular fracture, with 8 subjects and Group 3 - Fracture of the zygomatic-orbital complex (CZO), with 5 individuals. The fractures were treated surgically by means of FIR (internal fixation) in all cases, using access and intra or extraoral. The follow up was 2 months for group 2 and group 3 was 6 months. In the assessments, groups 2 and 3 had a reduction of bite force, and increased EMG activity in the early postoperative period. However reached normal range from 2 months postoperatively. The jaw mobility, it is presented differently in two groups, in Group 2, it showed a reduction in the amplitude of all mandibular movements measured, resuming normal pattern in the 2 months after surgery. As for group 3, only maximum mouth opening was reduced and resumed normal range at 1 month postoperatively. (AU) | |