THE MASTICATORY SYSTEM OF THE OBESE: CLINICAL AND ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC EVALUATION.

Unlabelled: Masticatory performance is determined not only through the speed of mastication, or by the quantity of food ingested; it also depends on the structures and functional integration of the stomatognathic system (SS).

Objectives: This study investigated differences in the SS and orofacial motricity between obese and normal--weight women.

Method: A total of 18 obese women, with an average age of 28 ± 7.