Chewing Side Preference and Hemispheric Laterality in Healthy Adults

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mastication
• Interventions: Other: Evaluation of chewing side preference

• Registration Number: NCT03054246
• Lead Sponsor: Hacettepe University

Brief Summary

The study is aimed to investigate if chewing side preference (CSP) can be used as another indicator of hemispheric laterality in healthy adults. Healthy volunteers with no oral/dental problems with Angle I occlusion relationship and without any missing teeth will be included in the study. The CSP will be determined with the visual analog scale (VAS), which is the highly reliable method. Laterality test will be used to determine the preferred side for hands, feet, ears and eyes.

Detailed Description

Lateral preference is important to determine hemispheric laterality, which is usually diagnosed by hand and other sidedness, including footedness, eyedness and earedness. study is aimed to investigate if chewing side preference (CSP) can be used as another indicator of hemispheric laterality in healthy adults. Healthy volunteers with no oral/dental problems with Angle I occlusion relationship and without any missing teeth will be included in the study. The CSP will be determined with the visual analog scale (VAS), which is the highly reliable method. Laterality test will be used to determine the preferred side for hands, feet, ears and eyes.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2017-02
• Study Start: 2017-02-01
• Study First Submitted: 2017-02-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-02-11
• Study First Posted: 2017-02-15
• Primary Completion: 2017-02-23
• Study Completion: 2017-02-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-02-23
• Last Update Posted: 2017-02-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 75

Inclusion Criteria

Healthy volunteers;

• Between the ages of 18-50 years
• Have no oral/dental problems with Angle I occlusion relationship and without any missing teeth
• Have no orofacial pain and/or no oral appliances will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants;

• Under the age of 18 years and above the age of 50 years
• Have oral/dental problems with missing teeth
• Have orofacial pain
• Have oral appliances will be excluded from the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Healthy volunteers	Evaluation of chewing side preference	Seventy-five healthy volunteers with no oral/dental problems with Angle I occlusion relationship and without any missing teeth will be included in the study. Evaluation of chewing side preference and laterality will be performed.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Chewing side	1 month	Evaluation of chewing side preference will be performed with VAS.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Laterality	1 month	Evaluation of laterality will be performed with Laterality test

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hacetttepe University; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey