Maria Grazia Piancino

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of an app-based approach in a protocol for domestic oral hygiene maintenance in a group of adolescent patients wearing fixed multibracket appliances was evaluated, and the study group (SG) patients were enrolled in a WhatsApp chat room-based competition and instructed to share monthly with the other participants two self-photographs (selfies) showing their oral hygiene status.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the sensitivity to electrode displacements of amplitude and spectral surface EMG variables, and analyzed if this sensitivity is affected by the inter-electrode distance of the bipolar recording.

TL;DR: Although all articles included in this meta-analysis reported success rates of greater than 80 per cent, the factors determining success rates were inconsistent between the studies analysed and this made conclusions difficult.

TL;DR: Investigation of the adaptation process of masticatory patterns to a new complete denture in edentulous subjects found peak EMG amplitude of the masseter of the side of the bolus was lower than with the old denture and the masseters of the two sides showed the same intensity of EMG activity, contrary to the case with theold denture.

TL;DR: The current knowledge regarding the importance of fiber-type diversity in masticatory muscles versus supra- and infrahyoid muscles, and versus limb and trunk muscles is discussed and new information regarding the adaptive response and specific genetic variations of muscle fibers on the functional significance of the masticatories is highlighted.