ORAL PHYSIOLOGY
Ferrer and Bourdoil [10, 11] noticed that,
with most patients, when opening the mouth,
the mandible first moves to the non-working
side and after that to the working side. We
have found that the mandible first moves to the
working side in 60% and to the non-working
side in 40% of the patients examined.
Peraire [4] found that in 41% of the cases the
mandible moves first to the non-working side.
We can say that a masticatory angle of a high
value is always pathologic because it produces
vertical masticatory movements with less
laterality components, therefore little capacity
for pressure and friction on the dental arches.
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