Skeletal Anterior Open Bite Attenuates the Chewing-Related Increase in Brain Blood Flow

• Main Authors: Chihiro Kariya (Author), Hiroyuki Kanzaki (Author), Masao Kumazawa (Author), Saaya Sahara (Author), Kana Yoshida (Author), Yuri Inagawa (Author), Fumitaka Kobayashi (Author), Hiroshi Tomonari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The masticatory function of patients with skeletal anterior open bite (OPEN) is reported to be impaired compared with that of patients with normal occlusion (NORM). In this study, we compared brain blood flow (BBF) in patients with OPEN and NORM and investigated the factors related to BBF during mas...