The pathway of mandible during chewing is referred to as chewing cycle. Characterized by opening, closing, retrusive, protrusive & lateral jaw movements The chewing cycle can take many forms; classically tear drop shape when viewed in frontal or saggital plane There are about 15 chews in a series from the time of food entry until [...]
What are Masticatory Forces
December 26, 2011 By 1 Comment
Masticatory Forces are the Forces exerted during mastication with variations in region, persons, age, sex, food habits & race. The muscles of mastication are the main cause for these forces they contract and relax and lead to the production of force for Mastication. It is measured and sometimes termed as Bite force as it is [...]
Sutures Of Skull
November 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Human skull has around 20 Sutures which means that the number of bones fusing together to form sutures are 40 and including the number of single bones in the Skull the number of bones in the human Skull during birth are 45 and the number of bones in adulthood are 22 bones. Sutures: Def: Sutures [...]
Various types of Suture Closure
November 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Suture closure in our Skull occurs at a certain age and the proper Suture closure is important for the bone formation and structural integrity of the Skull. The infant Skull has 45 bones which occur many changes and suture closure changes take place and the Adult Skull has 22 Bones. So there are close to [...]
Minor Salivary Glands Types, Location, and Function
August 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Minor Salivary Glands: There are over 600 minor salivary glands in the Oral Cavity. They are of 2 Types: Mucous Producing Minor Salivary Glands Serous Fluid Producing Minor Salivary Glands Mucous Producing Minor Salivary Glands: These type of Minor Salivary glands are located within the Submucosa of the Oral Mucosa seen spread all around the [...]
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