Poster Abstracts Vol. This occlusion anomaly is normally treated with activator. The remodeling operations in the muscles of mastication are still insufficiently solved.
Pigs show a chewing pattern similar to human.
10-weeks old pigs were used for the present treatment. Animals were divided into 2 groups of 6 each. Differences in mRNA- content were proved in all muscles of mastication. By this the adaptation of the muscles of mastication after sagittal advancement of the lower jaw was genetically proved in the animal experiment for the first time. Thereafter, it was centrifuged again.