Reproducibility of a silicone-based test food to masticatory performance evaluation by different sieve methods

The aim of this study was to evaluate the reproducibility of the condensation silicone Optosil Comfort® as an artificial test food for masticatory performance evaluation. Twenty dentate subjects with mean age of 23.3 ± 0.7 years were selected. Masticatory performance was evaluated using the simple (...

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Main Authors: Alfonso Sánchez-Ayala, Larissa Soares Reis Vilanova, Marina Abrantes Costa, Arcelino Farias-Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2014-06-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242014000100226&lng=en&tlng=en