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Muscles of Mastication and Axial Spine

Under the control of the brain

Norman Thomas, DDS, PhD, Director of Neuromuscular Research, Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies, discusses how the cortex of the brain controls the muscles of mastication and the muscles of the axial spine.

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Correlation between the Spine and Teeth
Neuromuscular Dentistry
The CNS and Dentistry

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