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Human mandibular shape is associated with masticatory muscle force

Understanding how and to what extent forces applied to the mandible by the masticatory muscles influence its form, is of considerable importance from clinical, anthropological and evolutionary perspectives. This study investigates these questions. Head CT scans of 382 adults were utilized to measure...

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Autores principales: Sella-Tunis, Tanya, Pokhojaev, Ariel, Sarig, Rachel, O’Higgins, Paul, May, Hila
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5902585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29662127
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24293-3