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A letter-recognition task to assess lingual tactile acuityG K Essick
Department of Prosthodontics and Curriculum in Neurobiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599 7455, USA
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 57:1324-30. 1999..This study evaluated a novel neurosensory test based on letter recognition developed for the assessment of spatial acuity of the tongue...
Sensory retraining following orthognathic surgery: effect on threshold measures of sensory functionG K Essick
Department of Prosthodontics, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7450, USA
J Oral Rehabil 36:415-26. 2009..These finding indicate that a simple non-invasive exercise programme initiated shortly after orthognathic surgery can alter the way patients experience or respond to tactile stimulation long after the exercise regimen has stopped...
Effect of facial sensory re-training on sensory thresholdsG K Essick
Department of Prosthodontics, Center for Neurosensory Disorders, School of Dentistry, 2110 Old Dental Building, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7450, USA
J Dent Res 86:571-5. 2007..025), suggesting that retrained persons experienced or interpreted the tactile stimuli differently than did non-retrained persons...- Facial altered sensation and sensory impairment after orthognathic surgeryG K Essick
Department of Prosthodontics and Center for Neurosensory Disorders, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7450, USA
Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 36:577-82. 2007..It is recommended that clinical judgments regarding nerve injury-associated sensory dysfunction should not be based on threshold testing results without consideration of patients' subjective reports of altered sensation... - Report of altered sensation in patients with cleft lipGreg K Essick
Department of Prosthodontics and Curriculum in Neurobiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7450, USA
Cleft Palate Craniofac J 42:178-84. 2005..To determine whether patients with cleft lip have normal perioral sensation... - Psychophysical assessment of patients with posttraumatic neuropathic trigeminal painGreg K Essick
Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, and Curriculum in Neurobiology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7450, USA
J Orofac Pain 18:345-54. 2004..Moreover, the relationship between psychophysical indices of central sensitization and measures of clinical pain should be addressed to obtain a better understanding of the underlying pathophysiology... - Lingual tactile acuity, taste perception, and the density and diameter of fungiform papillae in female subjectsGreg K Essick
Department of Prosthodontics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7450, USA
Physiol Behav 80:289-302. 2003..Tactile and taste sensitivities covary and reflect individual differences in the density and diameter of fungiform papillae on the anterior tongue... - Mechanosensory and thermosensory changes across the border of impaired sensitivity to pinprick after mandibular nerve injuryGreg K Essick
Dental Research Center, Department of Prosthodontics, and Curriculum in Neurobiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7455, USA
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 60:1250-66. 2002..The study goal was to determine how sensory function varies across the border of impaired sensitivity to pinprick in patients with mandibular nerve injuries... - Capturing the spatial percepts evoked by moving tactile stimuli: a novel approachG K Essick
Department of Prosthodontics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Behav Brain Res 135:43-9. 2002..Analyses of these latter features support the hypothesis that non-sensory factors (individual subject biases) also affect the drawings... - Functional outcomes of cleft lip surgery. Part IV: Between- and within-participant variables affecting lip vermilion sensory thresholdsGreg K Essick
Department of Prosthodontics and Curriculum in Neurobiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599, USA
Cleft Palate Craniofac J 44:624-34. 2007..Compare neurosensory assessments for participants with and without a cleft lip; identify between- and within-participant variables affecting sensory thresholds on the vermilion of participants with cleft lip... - Functional outcomes of cleft lip surgery. Part I: Study design and surgeon ratings of lip disability and need for lip revisionCARROLL ANN TROTMAN
Department of Orthodontics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599 7450, USA
Cleft Palate Craniofac J 44:598-606. 2007..In this article, the design of the clinical trial is described and results of a study on subjective evaluations of facial form by surgeons for or against the need for lip revision surgery are presented... - Three-dimensional nasolabial displacement during movement in repaired cleft lip and palate patientsC A Trotman
Department of Orthodontics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599 7450, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 105:1273-83. 2000..Results obtained using this method support the view that facial movements in cleft patients may be severely hampered and that assessment of facial animation should be strongly considered when contemplating surgical lip revisions... - Quantitative assessment of pleasant touchGreg K Essick
Department of Prosthodontics and Center for Neurosensory Disorders, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7450, USA
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 34:192-203. 2010....