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Development of Masticatory Muscle Relaxation Appliance to Improve the Tooth Clenching Habit

  • 한경호 (단국대학교 전기공학과) ;
  • 남현도 (단국대학교 전기공학과) ;
  • 김기석 (단국대학교 치과대학 구강내과학교실)
  • Han, Kyong-Ho (Dankook University Department of Electrical Engineering) ;
  • Nam, Hyun-Do (Dankook University Department of Electrical Engineering) ;
  • Kim, Ki-Suk (Dankook University Department of Oral Medicine)
  • 발행 : 1998.07.20

초록

The masticatory muscle relaxation appliance is developed to improve the malhabit of tooth clenching of the wearer. The repeated clenching of the tooth causes excessive attrition of tooth set. The intraoral appliance measures the tooth clenching pressure data and transmits the data to masticatory muscle relaxation appliance. The appliance compares the pressure data with the reference value and generates the warning signal. The relaxation appliance also stores the clenching pressure data for clenching habit analysis. The appliance is designed with a microprocessor, real time clock, nonvolatile read write memory and dual serial communication ports.

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