咬合力之正常值及影響因素之探討

The Bite Force and the Associated Influencing Factors

孫國丁(Kuo-Ting Sun)

《臺灣兒童牙醫學雜誌》 3卷3期 (2003/09) Pp. 132-137

https://doi.org/10.6319/TJPD.2003.3(3).4

摘要

兒童之咀嚼狀況一向甚少受到重視與注意，在影響咀嚼狀況之眾多因素中，又以咬合力為重要之因素，但兒童牙科醫師及患者家屬大部分將注意力集中在齲齒及咬合不正，事實上嚴重的齲齒及咬合不正會影響到咀嚼狀況，進而降低咬合力。在長期咀嚼狀況不佳之情形下，會造成兒童偏食的習慣及營養不均衡之狀況，而這些情況對兒童日後之發展有不良之影響，因此藉由測量咬合力之大小，有助於發現兒童之咀嚼狀況是否出了問題，因此避免並及早發現兒童咀嚼之問題是兒童牙科醫師之責任。本文將整理咬合力正常值及探討相關影響因素。

關鍵字

咀嚼狀況 ； 咬合力

並列摘要

Children’s masticatory performance was usually overlooked because dentists and parents dominantly take care about the problems of caries and malocclusion. Bite force is one of the most important factor among the factors that influencing masticatory performance. In fact, severe caries and malocclusion might influence masticatory performance and the bite force will eventually become weaker. To make matters worse, the problems of unbalanced diet and malnutrition will develop. In order too avoid and prevent these problems earlier, pediatric dentists ought to measure the bite forces of children periodically. This report summarized the normal values of the bite force and the associated influencing factors.

並列關鍵字

Masticatory Performance ； Bite Force