Masseter muscle thickness and vertical cephalometric characteristics in children with Class II malocclusion.

Background: Masseter muscle thickness and its relationship with vertical craniofacial morphology have been extensively studied in adults, but data on children are lacking.

Objective: To examine the association between masseter muscle thickness and vertical cephalometric parameters in a group of Class II malocclusion growing children.

Methods: The current study design was retrospective and cross-sectional, looking at a sample of 211 growing children with Class II malocclusion between the ages of 6 and 15 derived from two centers.

Masseter muscle thickness and treatment outcomes in children with Class II division 1 malocclusion.

Aim: To investigate if treatment outcome in patients with Class II division 1 malocclusion treated by a variety of approaches is affected by masticatory muscle capacity.

Materials: Seventy-four children with Class II division 1 malocclusion were included in the present study. These were divided into 54 children (10.

Masseter muscle thickness and mechanical advantage in relation to vertical craniofacial morphology in children.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between vertical craniofacial morphology and masseter muscle thickness and mechanical advantage in children.

Material And Methods: The sample comprised 72 children (36 F, 36 M), 8.5-9.

Ultrasonographic thickness and electromyographic activity of masseter muscle of human females.

The aims of this study were to assess the thickness of the masseter muscle by means of ultrasonography and to investigate the relationship between masseter electromyographic activity and muscle thickness bilaterally, during maximum voluntary clenches. Participants in the study consisted of 52 young female adults (mean age 23.7 +/- 2.

Masseter muscle thickness and maxillary dental arch width.

The purpose of the present investigation was to study the relationship between the ultrasonographic thickness of the masseter muscle and the width of the maxillary dental arch. The sample comprised 60 consecutive orthodontic patients (37 females, 23 males), 7-18 years of age with a Class I relationship and minor malocclusion. The thickness of the masseter muscle was measured ultrasonographically.