ID Design Press, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences. 2018 Jun 20; 6(6):1126-1131. https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2018.234 eISSN: 1857-9655 Dental Science Evaluation of the Masticatory Efficiency at the Patients with New Complete Dentures Kujtim Shala, Teuta Bicaj*, Teuta Pustina-Krasniqi, Enis Ahmedi, Linda Dula, Zana Lila-Krasniqi University “Hasan Prishtina” of Prishtina, Medical Faculty, Dental Branch, University Dental Clinical Centre of Kosovo (UDCCK), Prishtina, Kosovo Abstract Citation: Shala K, Bicaj T, Pustina-Krasniqi T, Ahmedi E, BACKGROUND: There are a lot of factors influencing the efficiency of mastication; therefore there are also a lot Dula L, Lila-Krasniqi Z. Evaluation of the Masticatory of methods for testing this efficiency. Efficiency at the Patients with New Complete Dentures. Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2018 Jun 20; 6(6):1126- 1131. https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2018.234 OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to test the efficiency of mastication and evaluate it in the function of time, based Keywords: Masticatory efficiency; Electromyography; on previous experience with the complete dentures. Complete dentures *Correspondence: Teuta Bicaj. University “Hasan METHODS: A total of 88 patients (42 female, 46 male, mean age 52.2, SD = 5.76), complete dentures wearers, Prishtina” of Prishtina, Medical Faculty, Dental Branch, participated in this study. Masticatory functions were investigated by using the method of electromyography University Dental Clinical Centre of Kosovo (UDCCK), (EMG), analyzing electromyomasticatiogram. For testing the masticator efficiency, the further parameters of the Prishtina, Kosovo. E-mail:
[email protected] masticatiogram were used: duration of the Standard Masticatory Task (SMT) (t), number of the masticatory cycles Received: 22-Mar-2018; Revised: 03-May-2018; Accepted: 19-May-2018; Online first: 14-Jun-2018 within the masticator arch (F) and maximal amplitude within the masticatory arch (F).