During the 2-year follow-up these patients had good mandibular function, including mouth opening, force of bite, and occlusion.
The force of the bite is suitable for shearing chitin and bone.
This degree of force is supported by an unpublished assessment of bite force ratios for a number of small-bodied sloths, including Hapalops (by RKM), which shows that the moment arm for M. masseter has the greatest effect upon mandibular elevation, and that the greatest bite forces occurred at the posterior dentition.
In addition to the evolution of the maximal bite force with age, one should consider the distribution of bite force across the dental arch, as depending on where the foods will be positioned in the mouth and the number of teeth available, the maximal bite force that could be applied by the children will differ.
The evaluation of bite force in craniodental FE models is often done by sampling reaction forces of nodal constraints at the bite points; however, the range of variation in bite force magnitude estimated by a single node constraint versus constraint distributed over an area is unknown.
Gignac, P. M., Makovicky, P. J., Erickson, G. M. & Walsh, R. P. A description of Deinonychus antirrhopus bite marks and estimates of bite force using tooth indentation simulations.
b Mean and standard deviation (SD) of bite force at each of the four times.
Certainly for its size, our estimate of bite force in Andalgalornis is relatively weak compared to predictions generated for anterior bites in carnivorous mammals.
The jaws of this creature are thought to have produced a bite force of 33,000 pounds per square inch, perhaps the highest bite force of any known animal.
An anterior bite force of 320 N from the black piranha, Serrasalmus rhombeus, is the strongest bite force recorded for any bony fish to date.
The bite force of maximal voluntary clenching was measured on the dominant side using a bite force measuring device (Occlusal Force-Meter GM10, Nagano Keiki Inc., Tokyo, Japan).
