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ABSTRACT
Piezoelectric force transducer and hand dynamometer were used for measuring the maximum bite force and hand grasp force on 2034 primary, middle, and high school students. Dental condition and body weight and height were also observed to relate to the force measurements. It was discovered that both forces increased relative to the increase of age, body weight, and body height. Boys had stronger bite force than girls at all age groups, while the grasp force of boys became significantly stronger only after the age of 13. Students who had dentition with decay and missing teeth tended to have weaker bite force, while hand force was not influenced. Bite force does not seem parallel to hand strength and is, instead, related to dental condition.
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Yuh-Yuan Shiau
Dr. Yuh-Yuan Shiau received his D.D.S. degree in 1967 from the National Taiwan University, School of Dentistry. He received his M.S. degree from the Department of Occlusion at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1979. Dr. Shiau is now a professor in the Department of Fixed Prosthodontics in National Taiwan University and director of the TMD Clinic of the University Hospital. He is an active member of the International Association for Dental Research and founder of the Asian Academy of Craniomandibular Disorders. He has published more than 30 papers related to TMD and masticatory functions and has given several postgraduate training courses in Taiwan.
Juo-Song Wang
Dr. Juo-Song Wang graduated from the School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University, where he received his D.D.S. degree in 1976. He received his M.S. degree from the Department of Occlusion-Operative Dentistry at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1990. Dr. Wang is now associate professor and clinical instructor of the TMD Clinic of the National Taiwan University Hospital. He is also an active member of the International Association for Dental Research and the Asian Academy of Craniomandibular Disorders.
