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ARCHIVES OF ORAL BIOLOGY
Volume 48, Issue 4, Pages 309-316Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(03)00006-2
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vibration perception thresholds; psychophysical threshold of teeth; oral sensory function; dental mechanoreceptors; normative data
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- NIA NIH HHS [AG19706] Funding Source: Medline
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Tactile information from dental mechanoreceptors; contributes to the perception of food bolus textures and the control of mastication. White numerous studies have measured the light-touch sensory thresholds of teeth, little information is available about the vibrotactile perception thresholds of teeth. This study uses an adaptive psychophysical procedure to determine thresholds of vibratory stimulation of maxillary and mandibular central incisors in 16 healthy human subjects. An electromechanical vibrator delivered labiolingual forces perpendicular to the long axis of the maxillary and mandibular incisors at 10 stimulation frequencies between 40 and 315 Hz. The median thresholds ranged between 44 and 104 mN. A linear regression analysis revealed a significant increase in the vibrotactile thresholds with increasing frequencies for stimulation of the maxillary and mandibular incisors. No significant differences were found between regression slopes of the thresholds of the maxillary and mandibular incisors. These results indicated that maxillary and mandibular incisors should be able to discriminate effectively among a variety of textures based on their ability to encode a wide range of vibration frequencies. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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