Eating fast without chewing much would result in obesity among elementary school students, a Japanese research team has found ...

However, the most common affliction of the TMJ and masticatory apparatus is a group of functional disorders with associated pain that occurs predominantly in women and was previously known as the ...

However, the underlying mechanisms are unknown. In a new study, mice fed a hard diet exhibited greater masticatory force, which enhanced growth factors in the osteocytes in the jawbone and ...

Discover how your daily chewing habits influence facial aging, from jawline definition to skin elasticity, and learn effective strategies to preserve ...

Neuropathy was associated with masticatory (chewing) dysfunction independent of missing teeth or diabetes severity in a small study in Japan. The decreased chewing ability was independent of ...

The study of how the giant panda's masticatory system functions also helps to understand human's occlusion and its characteristics better. - Whether giant pandas grind their teeth still remains to ...

But most of the chewing muscles are in your cheeks and neck. Chewing gum regularly may strengthen masticatory muscles. A small 2018 study found that chewing gum can improve masticatory performance ...