Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to J N Godefroy.
The effects of occlusal interference on masticatory cycles have been studied in twenty nine volunteers with complete natural dentition, using an electromagnetic pantograph (Sirognatograph, Siemens A.G.). After a one week recall, a decrease in speed motion was noted and the range of cycles in the horizontal plane had been altered.
Some aching troubles encountered in heart disease can affect the jaw and patients can visit a dentist for this reason. The severity of this affection needs a quick diagnostic for preserving the patient's life.
The pulpal pain tract can be understood while learning the sensory nerve supply of the dental pulp and the trigeminal system. Some hypothesis on the pain genesis are related to the originality of the pulp-dentin complex.
Pain can be something hazy and the way it occurs can make the practitioner doubt. Some toothaches are treated with root canal therapy or removal of the tooth (or teeth) when be etiology is myofacial pain dysfunction (MPD). This implies the need of a proper differential diagnosis between myofacial pain dysfunction and root canal pathology.