Analysis of Tongue Pressure Production During Swallowing in Patients with Mandibular Prognathism after the Orthognathic Surgery

Abstract

RYO ABE 1) , KAZUHIRO HORI 2) , TAKAHIRO ONO 2) and ISAO SAITO 1) Purpose：The purpose of this study was to consider the tongue pressure production during swallowing in patients with mandibular prognathism after orthognathic surgery. Methods：The subjects were 10 female patients with mandibular prognathism after orthognathic surgery(age range, 18y6m-25y10m ; mean age : 22.6 years ; after surgery) , 10 female volunteers with normal occlusion (age range, 20y0m-24y2m ; mean age : 21.7 years ; normal oc