Kiliaridis S
Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Odontology, Göteborg University, Sweden.
Acta Odontol Scand. 1995 Jun;53(3):196-202. doi: 10.3109/00016359509005972.
The influence of the masticatory muscle function on craniofacial growth has been recorded in a series of animal experimental and clinical studies. The common characteristic of these investigations is that the elevator muscles of the mandible influence the transversal and the vertical dimensions of the face. The increased loading of the jaws due to masticatory muscle hyperfunction may lead to increased sutural growth and bone apposition, resulting in turn in an increased transversal growth of the maxilla and broader bone bases for the dental arches. Furthermore, an increase in the function of the masticatory muscles is associated with anterior growth rotation pattern of the mandible and with well-developed angular, coronoid, and condylar processes.
咀嚼肌功能对颅面生长的影响已在一系列动物实验和临床研究中有所记录。这些研究的共同特点是，下颌骨的升肌会影响面部的横向和垂直维度。由于咀嚼肌功能亢进导致的颌骨负荷增加，可能会使缝间生长和骨附着增加，进而导致上颌横向生长增加以及牙弓的骨基变宽。此外，咀嚼肌功能增强与下颌骨的前向生长旋转模式以及发育良好的角突、冠突和髁突有关。
