METHOD FOR ASSESSING FUNCTIONAL STATE OF MASTICATORY MUSCLES IN DENTURE MANUFACTURING

摘要

The method for assessing the functional state of the masticatory muscles in denture manufacturing comprises the measurement of the surface temperature of the masticatory muscles with contact-free infrared thermometer Medisana FTN in the projection of symmetrical points of the masticatory muscles on the right and on the left sequentially at rest, at the static straining and the functional straining. The difference of the temperatures is indicative of the functional state of the masticatory muscles.