TY - JOUR AU - Ekprachayakoon, Issareeya AU - Miyamoto, Jun J. AU - Inoue-Arai, Maristela Sayuri AU - Honda, Ei-ichi AU - Takada, Jun-ichi AU - Kurabayashi, Tohru AU - Moriyama, Keiji PY - 2018 DA - 2018/11/12 TI - New application of dynamic magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of deglutitive tongue movement JO - Progress in Orthodontics SP - 45 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - Deglutitive motion of the tongue may function to maintain tooth position. However, the causation between abnormal patterns of orofacial muscle function and dental malocclusion remains unclear. To clarify the pathogenic mechanism of malocclusion, it is important to determine the relative positional relationship between the tongue tip and incisor edge or the dorsal tongue and palate during deglutition. Here, we assessed the utility of 3-T segmented cine-magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, combined with static MR images for hard tissue visualization, in assessing the relationship between the tongue and the surrounding tissues during deglutitive tongue movement. SN - 2196-1042 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40510-018-0245-x DO - 10.1186/s40510-018-0245-x ID - Ekprachayakoon2018 ER -