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The closing pathway of masticatory movement in the vicinity of the intercuspal position (ICP) is considered as a functional movement in reconstructing the occlusal guidance. The purpose of this study was to examine a correlation between elevator muscle activity and direction of the closing pathway in the vicinity of the ICP during mastication. Fifty subjects (18 male and 32 female subjects aged from 21 to 34 years) were selected randomly from the students of the Kanagawa Dental College. The measurements of jaw movement during mastication were recorded using a Sirognathograph instrument and surface electromyography (EMG) of the anterior temporalis and masseter muscles simultaneously. The muscle activity and the direction of the closing pathway were calculated on the working and non-working sides during unilateral chewing and analysed at the sections of ICP-2 mm and 2-4 mm in sagittal view. The direction of the closing pathway was expressed by the angle to a vertical reference axis. The direction of the closing pathway correlated significantly with the activity of the anterior temporalis muscles on the non-working side and the masseter muscles on the working side at ICP-2 mm. From the results of this study, it was suggested that the elevator muscle activity may be associated with the direction of the closing pathway during mastication.
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