A Study on the Relationships Between Rest Position Capacity and Tongue Volume

Chin,  Yong-Whan; Lee,  Cheol-Hoon; Kim,  Hak-Dae; Lee,  Eun-Ho; Kim,  Sung-Il

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 11(4); 1973 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 1973;11(4):263-266.
Published online April 30, 1973.

안정위 용량과 설용적에 관한 연구

진용환¹, 이철훈², 김학대³, 이언호⁴, 김성일⁵

^¹서울대학교 치과대학 보철학교실
^²서울대학교 치과대학 보철학교실
^³서울대학교 치과대학 보철학교실
^⁴서울대학교 치과대학 보철학교실
^⁵서울대학교 치과대학 보철학교실

A Study on the Relationships Between Rest Position Capacity and Tongue Volume

Yong-Whan Chin¹, Cheol-Hoon Lee², Hak-Dae Kim³, Eun-Ho Lee⁴, Sung-Il Kim⁵

¹Dept. of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, S.N.U.
²Dept. of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, S.N.U.
³Dept. of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, S.N.U.
⁴Dept. of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, S.N.U.
⁵Dept. of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, S.N.U.

Abstract

The measuring tests on the rest position capacity and the tongue volume were conducted on the one hundred normal dental college students and staffs of Seoul National University in order to study the relationships between the est position Capacity and tongue volume. The results were as follows : 1) The correlation between the rest position capacity and tongue volume was hardly recognized. 2) The correlation between tongue volume and the weight was recognized. 3) Physiologic reflex was coused by the water injected in the mouth in the rest position. 4) Each correlation of the height and cheek thickness to the tongue volume was not recognized.