The muscles which are required for mastication are known as the muscles of mastication, These muscles help mainly in the movement of the mandible and not the maxilla as maxilla is an integral part of the skull and the mandible being the only movable bone in the skull.
There are many muscles which help in the [...]

Mastication: The grinding or chewing of the solid food particles between the maxillary and mandibular teeth which is then converted into digestible size and softening of food.
The solid food which we take in is transformed to digestible size particles by chewing and also with the help of saliva which contains many enzymes which digest the [...]

In order to explain the way pain is transmitted to dentin many scientists proposed many theories of transmission of pain through the dentin to the pulp where the nerves are largely crowded.
The pain or the stinging sensation seen on the teeth is due to the dentin which makes up the bulk of the tooth, and [...]