The influence of gender and bruxism on the human maximum bite force Avaliação da influência do gênero e do bruxismo na força máxima de mordida

• Main Authors: Patrícia dos Santos Calderon (Author), Evelyn Mikaela Kogawa (Author), José Roberto Pereira Lauris (Author), Paulo César Rodrigues Conti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2006-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The objective of this research was to evaluate the influence of gender and bruxism on the maximum bite force. The concordance for the physical examination of bruxism between examiners was also evaluated. One hundred and eighteen individuals, from both genders, bruxists and non-bruxists, with an aver...