None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Vertical and horizontal jaw relation with application of TENS: TENS will be applied on both masseter regions and vertical and horizontal jaw relations will be recorded, the time require
Sponsors
Army Dental Centre Research and Referral
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Healthy persons with good neuromuscular control. High, well-formed rounded maxillary and mandibular residual ridges. Class I ridge relation; according to Glossary of Prosthodontic Terms – 9 (GPT-9) the positional relation of the mandibular residual ridge to maxillary residual ridge. Class I tongue size as per House’s classification. Patient willing to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with history of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and neurological disorders. Patients with cardiac pacemakers. Patients on medications which affect muscular and neuromuscular function. Pendulous, flabby, knife edge and depressed residual alveolar ridges; as it is difficult to stabilize record base against horizontal forces. Patient having facial hairs (beard) / unshaved; as it will interfere with placement of TENS electrode.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Vertical dimension at rest, centric jaw relationTimepoint: Baseline, 7 days post operatively | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| chairside time taken for recording vertical & horizontal jaw relationTimepoint: Baseline 7 days post operativey | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDangar Shyam Maganbhai
Army Dental Centre Research and Referral
Outcome results
None listed