2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Research on an improvement of the emotions communication obstacle by surgical orthognathic treatment
Project/Area Number |
21592574
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Surgical dentistry
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Research Institution | Okayama University |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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Keywords | 顎変形症 / 顔貌 / 表情 / コミュニケーション / 情動 |
Research Abstract |
Comparison examination was carried out about the expression of a jaw deformity group and a healthy group. In neutral facial expression, the jaw deformity group showed the expression of the worse impression than healthy group. It turned out that a fundamental emotional facial expression of jaw deformity group weaker than a healthy group. Each emotional facial expression of a jaw deformity group becomes almost the same as a healthy group by the improvement of the jaw deformity by surgical orthognathic treatment.
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