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SUBMITTER: Saund DS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3534492 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Saund Daniel Satnam Singh DS Pearson David D Dietrich Thomas T
BMC oral health 20121112
<h4>Background</h4>The objective of this study was to evaluate the reproducibility and validity of patients' mouth opening measurements in a research setting.<h4>Methods</h4>Firstly, 68 patients made repeated self-measurements of mouth opening using a cardboard scale (Therabite Range of Motion Scale - TRMS). Secondly, 80 patients enrolled in a clinical trial on morbidity after lower third molar surgery, made daily assessments during the postoperative week. Patients' measurements were then compar ...[more]