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Adv Dent Res 13:120-129, June, 1999
© 1999 SAGE Publications

Osseoperception: Sensory Function and Proprioception

I. Klineberg

Neuromuscular and Orofacial Pain Research Unit Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney Westmead Hospital Dental Clinical School Westmead NSW 2145, Australia

G. Murray

Neuromuscular and Orofacial Pain Research Unit Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney Westmead Hospital Dental Clinical School Westmead NSW 2145, Australia

Tooth loss and its replacement have significant functional and psychosocial consequences. The removal of intra-dental and periodontal mechanoreception accompanying tooth loss changes the fine proprioceptive control of jaw function and influences the precision of magnitude, direction, and rate of occlusal load application. With the loss of all teeth, complete denture restoration is a compromise replacement which only partially restores function. Implant-supported prostheses restore jaw function more appropriately, with improved psychophysiological discriminatory ability and oral stereognosis. Osseoperception is defined as depending on central influences from corollary discharge from cortico-motor commands to jaw muscles, and contributions from peripheral mechanoreceptors in orofacial and temporomandibular tissues. The processing of central influences is considered with the recognition of the plasticity of neuromotor mechanisms that occurs to accommodate the loss of dental and periodontal inputs.

Key Words: Edentulous • implant • osseointegration • somatosensory • plasticity.

Advances in Dental Research, Vol. 13, No. 1, 120-129 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/08959374990130010101
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