Zainab Ali Alkhalaf, Mohammed Ghazi Sghaireen, Kiran Kumar Ganji, Mohammad Khursheed Alam, Rakhi Issrani, Raghad Mohammed Alsaleh, Sultana Zamil Almegren, Mahmoud Gamal Salloum
AIM: To investigate the impact of the curve of Spee (CS) accentuation on bite force, chewing ability, and additionally, other factors that influence chewing ability and bite force such as restorations, caries, gender, habits, and TMJ problems. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 231 participants (118 male and 113 female, mean age = ±27.96 years) were recruited for this cross-section study. Participants completed a data collection sheet in which age, gender, Angle's classification of malocclusion, overjet, overbite, TMJ problems, habits, restorations, and caries experience were recorded...
2024: International Journal of Clinical Practice