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A physiological method to determine the vertical dimension of occlusion

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25670816
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Prosthodontics/ Dental materials science and
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

MAEDA Yoshinobu  大阪大学, 歯学研究科(研究院), 教授 (10144510)

Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords咬合高径 / 有床義歯補綴学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We previously demonstrated that the participants were able to precisely control isometric contractions of the masseter muscles so as to keep their jaws in the physiological resting position during ramp load applied to the jaw in the mouth-opening direction, presumably through the calibration between the two types of information arising from muscle spindles and periodontal mechanoreceptors.
We investigated whether such a calibration mechanism exists only at the proper vertical dimension of occlusion (VDO) to assess whether the lost VDO in edentulous patients can be determined in a physiological way. We examined the effects of altering the VDO on voluntary isometric contraction of the jaw muscles. The subjects overestimated the load increase regardless of whether the VDO was either increased or decreased. These results suggest that the subject can precisely control isometric contraction only in the centric occlusal position. Therefore, the lost VDO can be assessed physiologically.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2014 2013 Other

All Presentation (4 results)

  • [Presentation] A Physiological Method to Determine the Vertical Dimension of Occlusion2014

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka Y, Maeda Y
    • Organizer
      Joint Symposium of Osaka University and University of California San Francisco
    • Place of Presentation
      San Francisco
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-09 – 2014-11-14
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 咬筋筋紡錘の調節機能から咬合高径を決定することは可能か?2014

    • Author(s)
      田中佑人,前田芳信
    • Organizer
      第123回日本歯科補綴学会
    • Place of Presentation
      仙台
    • Year and Date
      2014-05-24 – 2014-05-25
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] A Physiological Method to Determine the Vertical Dimension of Occlusion2013

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka Y, Maeda Y
    • Organizer
      International College of Prosthodontics Meeting 2013
    • Place of Presentation
      Turin
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 咬合高径の機能的決定法

    • Author(s)
      田中佑人、前田芳信
    • Organizer
      日本歯科補綴学会
    • Place of Presentation
      仙台
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-07-25   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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