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Influence of the Text Neck Posture on the Static Dental Occlusion
Background and Objectives: The excessive use of smartphones for various tasks led to a new adverse postural phenomenon called text neck. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the text neck posture (TNP) on static occlusion by using the T-Scan III occlusal diagnostic system. Material...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9501254/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36143980 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58091303 |
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author | Stoica, Eniko Tunde Marcauteanu, Corina Tudor, Anca Duma, Virgil-Florin Amaricai, Elena Constanta Onofrei, Roxana Suciu, Oana Negrutiu, Meda Lavinia Sinescu, Cosmin |
author_facet | Stoica, Eniko Tunde Marcauteanu, Corina Tudor, Anca Duma, Virgil-Florin Amaricai, Elena Constanta Onofrei, Roxana Suciu, Oana Negrutiu, Meda Lavinia Sinescu, Cosmin |
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description | Background and Objectives: The excessive use of smartphones for various tasks led to a new adverse postural phenomenon called text neck. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the text neck posture (TNP) on static occlusion by using the T-Scan III occlusal diagnostic system. Materials and Methods: Nineteen subjects (aged 20 to 24 years) were considered for this research. They had normal values for anterior overbite and overjet, Angle Class I occlusion, no posterior crossbite, and no signs or symptoms of cervical or temporo-mandibular disorders. Occlusal registrations were performed with the T-Scan III system in a normal, neutral head posture (NHP), as well as in the TNP. The investigated parameters were: occlusion time (OT), asymmetry index of the occlusal force (AOF), percent of the maximum movie force (%MMF), and the time elapsed from the last occlusal contact until the maximum intercuspation (MAT-OTB). The last three parameters were analyzed in the maximum area frame (MA) of the registrations. For the statistical analysis of the recorded data, the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test and the Spearman’s correlation coefficient were used. Results: The following values were obtained in NHP and in TNP: for AOF, 14.88 ± 10.39% and 18.04 ± 12.83%, respectively; for OT, 1.34 ± 1.84 s and 1.32 ± 1.8 s, respectively; for the %MMF, 97.5 ± 2.83% and 96.31 ± 3.17%, respectively; for MAT-OTB, 2.08 ± 1.82 s and 1.45 ± 2.3 s, respectively. There were no statistically significant differences between the static occlusal parameters measured in NHP and those in TNP. However, the high values of the AOF and OT in NHP revealed an imbalance of the occlusal force distribution between the right and left side in maximum intercuspation (MI), as well as a lack of simultaneity of static occlusal contacts. Furthermore, there was a significant, direct, and strong correlation between OT and AOF in NHP. Conclusions: The NHP should not be used as the starting position in TNP simulations in T-Scan studies, so as to avoid statistically insignificant differences between static occlusion in NHP and TNP. The healthy standing subjects, with normal occlusal relationships from the clinical point of view, revealed an occlusal instability in NHP when examined with the T-Scan. |
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spelling | pubmed-95012542022-09-24 Influence of the Text Neck Posture on the Static Dental Occlusion Stoica, Eniko Tunde Marcauteanu, Corina Tudor, Anca Duma, Virgil-Florin Amaricai, Elena Constanta Onofrei, Roxana Suciu, Oana Negrutiu, Meda Lavinia Sinescu, Cosmin Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background and Objectives: The excessive use of smartphones for various tasks led to a new adverse postural phenomenon called text neck. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the text neck posture (TNP) on static occlusion by using the T-Scan III occlusal diagnostic system. Materials and Methods: Nineteen subjects (aged 20 to 24 years) were considered for this research. They had normal values for anterior overbite and overjet, Angle Class I occlusion, no posterior crossbite, and no signs or symptoms of cervical or temporo-mandibular disorders. Occlusal registrations were performed with the T-Scan III system in a normal, neutral head posture (NHP), as well as in the TNP. The investigated parameters were: occlusion time (OT), asymmetry index of the occlusal force (AOF), percent of the maximum movie force (%MMF), and the time elapsed from the last occlusal contact until the maximum intercuspation (MAT-OTB). The last three parameters were analyzed in the maximum area frame (MA) of the registrations. For the statistical analysis of the recorded data, the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test and the Spearman’s correlation coefficient were used. Results: The following values were obtained in NHP and in TNP: for AOF, 14.88 ± 10.39% and 18.04 ± 12.83%, respectively; for OT, 1.34 ± 1.84 s and 1.32 ± 1.8 s, respectively; for the %MMF, 97.5 ± 2.83% and 96.31 ± 3.17%, respectively; for MAT-OTB, 2.08 ± 1.82 s and 1.45 ± 2.3 s, respectively. There were no statistically significant differences between the static occlusal parameters measured in NHP and those in TNP. However, the high values of the AOF and OT in NHP revealed an imbalance of the occlusal force distribution between the right and left side in maximum intercuspation (MI), as well as a lack of simultaneity of static occlusal contacts. Furthermore, there was a significant, direct, and strong correlation between OT and AOF in NHP. Conclusions: The NHP should not be used as the starting position in TNP simulations in T-Scan studies, so as to avoid statistically insignificant differences between static occlusion in NHP and TNP. The healthy standing subjects, with normal occlusal relationships from the clinical point of view, revealed an occlusal instability in NHP when examined with the T-Scan. MDPI 2022-09-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9501254/ /pubmed/36143980 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58091303 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Stoica, Eniko Tunde Marcauteanu, Corina Tudor, Anca Duma, Virgil-Florin Amaricai, Elena Constanta Onofrei, Roxana Suciu, Oana Negrutiu, Meda Lavinia Sinescu, Cosmin Influence of the Text Neck Posture on the Static Dental Occlusion |
title | Influence of the Text Neck Posture on the Static Dental Occlusion |
title_full | Influence of the Text Neck Posture on the Static Dental Occlusion |
title_fullStr | Influence of the Text Neck Posture on the Static Dental Occlusion |
title_full_unstemmed | Influence of the Text Neck Posture on the Static Dental Occlusion |
title_short | Influence of the Text Neck Posture on the Static Dental Occlusion |
title_sort | influence of the text neck posture on the static dental occlusion |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9501254/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36143980 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58091303 |
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