Abstract
Problem statement: Jaw movement analysis, as a clinical aid, can provide an objective basis for understanding and diagnosing jaw musculoskeletal disorders. Therefore, the use and development of devices for quantitatively measuring and analyzing jaw movement have become more common and popular in the clinic. Many types of jaw tracking devices have been developed, but most of them are still not handy and easy to be used. Approach: To improve the handiness and utility of the jaw movement analysis devices, we developed a simple to be used jaw tracking prototype by using a new ultra-miniaturized Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) named WB-3. The WB-3 IMU was composed by 3-axis gyroscope, 3-axis accelerometer and 3-aixs magnetometer, which can not only measure the acceleration and angular speed of jaw movement, but also can measure mouth opening angle. The IMU’s extremely reduced weight and size allowed it to be easily adhered to mandible during normal tests without physical restriction to the subjects. A preliminary experiment for jaw movement analysis during free chewing of three types of food with different shapes and hardness was evaluated. A group of 15 healthy subjects aged from 21-36 years old kindly participated in the experiment. Results: The parameters of chewing time, chewing frequency, power spectrum density of jaw’s angular speed and acceleration, cumulative distribution function of jaw’s acceleration and mouth opening angle were presented. The experimental results clearly showed that the subjects used less chewing time, less chewing frequency, less acceleration cumulative distribution and energy to eat soft food; higher values were found in the case of hard food and there was no significant difference in mouth opening angle while eating these three foods. Conclusion: Our jaw movement analysis prototype using IMU WB-3 was proved to be a valid and handy method for jaw movement and pattern analysis which may be used clinically as an assistant system for dental therapy.
Highlights
The analysis of jaw movement has long been used as a measure for clinical diagnosis and treatment of prosthodontics, orthodontics and oral surgery
Such as the Temporomandibular Joint and Muscle Disorders (TMJDs), between 5 and 15% of people in the United States experience pain associated with this disease (Kuska, 2005)
The goal of jaw movement analysis for this disease has been to provide an objective basis for clinical diagnosis or to monitor the progress of active treatment methods
Summary
The analysis of jaw movement has long been used as a measure for clinical diagnosis and treatment of prosthodontics, orthodontics and oral surgery. Such as the Temporomandibular Joint and Muscle Disorders (TMJDs), between 5 and 15% of people in the United States experience pain associated with this disease (Kuska, 2005). The use and development of devices for quantitatively measuring and analyzing jaw movement has recently become more common and popular in the clinic (Naeije and Hofman, 2003). Conventional mechanical methods, such as JMA system of Zebris Company, usually use special mechanisms put on the head in order to capture jaw movement.
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