Bite Force Measurements

Exclusion Criteria

• •Any patient, even if satisfying the criteria above, may not take part if any of the below is true:
• •Compromised ability to guard their self-interest, for e.g., prisoners, children, pregnant women, patients with intellectual/cognitive disability are not enrolled in the study.
• •Take prescription pain medications for long-standing health conditions
• •Addiction/ substance dependence
• •Swelling that extends beyond the tooth in question
• •Are already taking an antibiotic to treat an infection/swelling
• •Missing complementary molar on the same or opposite side of the mouth
• •Missing more than 2 teeth in a quadrant (other than 3rd molars)
• •Any other molar in the pair either on the side of the tooth of interest or the molar pair on the other side is painful to biting pressure or upon 'tapping' the tooth with the handle of the mouth mirror
• •The patient has taken a pain medication within the last 6 hours