Before revision: The muscles that power the jaw movements during chewing are known as the muscles of mastication or masticatory muscles, and are functionally classified as: Crispian Scully, (2002) Oxford Handbook of Applied Dental Sciences, Oxford University Press – p. 151 Jaw elevators: the masseter, temporalis, medial pterygoid and superior belly of the lateral pterygoid Jaw depressors; the anterior digastrics, geniohyoid, mylohyoid and inferior belly of the lateral pterygoid Measuring masticatory force The first device for measuring masticatory force (gnathodynamometer) was created by Bleck.
After revision: The muscles that power the jaw movements during chewing are known as the muscles of mastication or masticatory muscles, and are functionally classified as: Jaw elevators: the masseter, temporalis, medial pterygoid and superior belly of the lateral pterygoid Jaw depressors; the anterior digastrics, geniohyoid, mylohyoid and inferior belly of the lateral pterygoid Measuring masticatory force The first device for measuring masticatory force (gnathodynamometer) was created by Bleck.