Response of masticatory muscles to treatment with orthodontic aligners: a preliminary prospective longitudinal study.
Sylvia de Araújo Paes-SouzaMarco Antonio Cavalcanti GarciaAndré Salles Cunha PeresLiliane Siqueira MoraisLincoln Issamu NojimaMatilde da Cunha Gonçalves NojimaPublished in: Dental press journal of orthodontics (2023)
This preliminary study observed that the orthodontic aligners affected the muscle recruitment pattern of masticatory muscles, and reduced biting performance during the 8-month follow-up period.