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eISSN: 2581-9615 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

Research and review articles are invited for publication in April 2026 (Volume 30, Issue 1) Submit manuscript

Exploration of chewing: The functional masticating angles of planas FMAPs

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Amel BELKHIRI 1, * and Fatma Si Ahmed 2

1 Dento-facial orthopedic service of the university hospital center of Beni Messous. Faculty of Medicine of Algiers - Algeria.
2 Dento-facial orthopedic service of the university hospital center of Oran. Faculty of Medicine of Oran-Algeria.
 
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 17(03), 224-231
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.17.3.0361
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.17.3.0361
 
Received on 21 January 2023; revised on 28 February 2023; accepted on 03 March 2023
 
The most important aspect in the exploration of mastication is the possibility that the patient can easily move the mandible to both sides. The chewing capacity must be the same on both sides. Although this laterality movement is not functional in itself, it is nevertheless the one that best imitates the masticatory functional situation.
The key element of the study of mastication is the examination of the functional masticatory angles of Planas (FMAPs).
We compared the results of this examination in 15 patients with the results of electromyographic recording of the activity of the masseter and anterior temporal muscles during food chewing in order to assess the reliability of FMAPs in the exploration of chewing function.
We found that the electromyographic activity of the above-named muscles is higher on the side of the smallest FMAP or on the side usually used by the patient for chewing, thus confirming the reliability of Planas FMAPs.
 
Function of mastication; Functional masticatory angles of Planas (FMAPs); Electromyographic recording
 
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Amel BELKHIRI and Fatma Si Ahmed. Exploration of chewing: The functional masticating angles of planas FMAPs. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 17(3), 224-231. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.17.3.0361

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