The lack of easily measurable, objective physiological activity parameters of the masseter and temporalis muscle during jaw movements in humans has led to the consideration to revise data of surface electromyographies (EMGs) by applying a computerized quantification method. The aim of this follow-up analysis was to get quantitative data out of EMG-records of an earlier study. These records were obtained with two different splints, splint 1 providing an anterior front-canine guidance and splint 2 providing bilateral balanced occlusion. Utilizing a computer aided integration method led to numeric results which statistically proves the prediction of the previous investigation. Applying the integration method, the EMG raw signal was transformed into area-values which enabled a statistical work up of the data. Wilcoxon test statistics shows a significant (P<0.05) lower muscle activity in patients wearing dentures providing anterior front-canine guidance compared to those with balanced occlusion. It is concluded that the neuromuscular activity of the elevator muscles is highly reproducible and that the neuromuscular function is similar in edentulous subjects to that found in people with natural teeth. Furthermore, the study statistically proves earlier visual data that all those subjects, whose muscle activities were observed with anterior guidance (splint 1) compared to bilateral balanced occlusion (splint 2) showed significantly lower values with regard to subjects wearing splint 2.
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