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TMD Effects on Chewing and Swallowing by Florin Amalia is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document summarizes a study that evaluated chewing and swallowing functions in young women with and without temporomandibular disorder (TMD). It found that women with TMD had significant differences in tongue and lip posture during swallowing and a more frequent chronic unilateral chewing pattern. Women with TMD also had a lower positioned hyoid bone relative to the mandible. The study concludes that TMD presence results in a higher frequency of orofacial myofunctional alterations during chewing and sw

Author

Florin Amalia

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