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Hand Force and Maximum Bite Force in individuals with and without teeth

Manual Grip Strength and Maximum Bite Force in dentulous and edentulous individuals

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-5f5jhz
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2019-01-07
Start date
2017-09-04
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Complete denture, jaw edentulous

Interventions

Behavioural
Other
Clinical, three-armed, uni-blind, randomized controlled study about de influence of age and presence or not of natural dentition for analyze the possible correlation between manual grip strength and m
Group 2- Women between 40- 59 years old, with natural dentition in the region of molars on both sides (n=65)
Group 3- Women edentulous between 40-59 years old and bimaxillary complete dentures wearers (n=65). The evaluation of the maximum bite force will be performed with a digital gnatodynamometer and a tot

Sponsors

Universidade estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita filho
Lead Sponsor
Universidade estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita filho
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 59 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Young women aged between 18-25 years and adults women aged between 39-59 years with the presence of natural dentition that could contain composite resin/amalgam restorations; but without fixed prosthesis in the first molars on both sides; complete edentulous adults women aged between 39-59 years; bimaxillary complete denture wearers with normal alveolar ridges; satisfactory complete dentures

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Mandibular resorbed ridge patients; signs/symptoms of temporomandibular disorders; systemic or local disorders; use of medications that may interfere in muscle activity; disorders or diseases of the musculoskeletal-ligament system; rheumatoid arthritis; bimaxillary complete dentures ill-fitting and in unfavorable conditions; patients who are not in the period of adaptation with complete dentures

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Correlation between bite force, evaluated by a gnatodynamometer, and manual grip force, evaluated by a digital dynamometer, in dentate and edentulous individuals using bimaxillary complete dentures

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary outcomes will not be expected

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactJoão Arioli Filho

Universidade estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita filho

joao.arioli@unesp.br+55-016-33016423

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)