ISSN:
1365-2842
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Watt developed a classification of tooth contact sounds that distinguished between the short sharp, reproducible sounds heard when the teeth meet simultaneously and the dull prolonged, poorly reproducible sounds heard when tooth contacts are sequential. However, when a large occlusal prematurity, for instance a high restoration, is introduced, tooth contact sounds are also short sharp and highly reproducible. In this study, a method of distinguishing single from multiple tooth contact sounds is described, based on an analysis of the phase and amplitude of sounds detected by headphones placed over the ears.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2842.2000.00551.x