The Journal of the Korean dental association (대한치과의사협회지)

The Korean Dental Association (대한치과의사협회)
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A Study on the Relationships Between Rest Position Capacity and Tongue Volume

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  • Chin, Yong-Whan (Dept. of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, S.N.U.) ;
  • Lee, Cheol-Hoon (Dept. of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, S.N.U.) ;
  • Kim, Hak-Dae (Dept. of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, S.N.U.) ;
  • Lee, Eun-Ho (Dept. of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, S.N.U.) ;
  • Kim, Sung-Il (Dept. of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, S.N.U.)
  • 진용환 (서울대학교 치과대학 보철학교실) ;
  • 이철훈 (서울대학교 치과대학 보철학교실) ;
  • 김학대 (서울대학교 치과대학 보철학교실) ;
  • 이언호 (서울대학교 치과대학 보철학교실) ;
  • 김성일 (서울대학교 치과대학 보철학교실)
  • Published : 1973.04.30
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Abstract

The measuring tests on the rest position capacity and the tongue volume were conducted on the one hundred normal dental college students and staffs of Seoul National University in order to study the relationships between the est position Capacity and tongue volume. The results were as follows : 1) The correlation between the rest position capacity and tongue volume was hardly recognized. 2) The correlation between tongue volume and the weight was recognized. 3) Physiologic reflex was coused by the water injected in the mouth in the rest position. 4) Each correlation of the height and cheek thickness to the tongue volume was not recognized.

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