Table 3.
Normative data for the number of mastication cycles
| Gender | Age | Percentiles (number of mastication cycles) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 90 | 95 | 97.5 | ||
| Male | 3 | 62.0 | 64.0 | 68.0 | 73.0 | 79.0 | 85.0 | 91.0 | 95.0 | 98.0 |
| 4 | 58.0 | 60.0 | 63.0 | 69.0 | 75.0 | 81.0 | 86.0 | 90.0 | 93.0 | |
| 5 | 54.0 | 57.0 | 60.0 | 65.0 | 70.0 | 76.0 | 82.0 | 85.0 | 88.0 | |
| 6 | 51.0 | 53.0 | 56.0 | 61.0 | 66.0 | 72.0 | 77.0 | 80.0 | 83.0 | |
| 7 | 48.0 | 50.0 | 53.0 | 57.0 | 62.0 | 68.0 | 73.0 | 76.0 | 79.0 | |
| 8 | 44.0 | 47.0 | 49.0 | 54.0 | 59.0 | 64.0 | 69.0 | 72.0 | 75.0 | |
| 9 | 41.0 | 44.0 | 46.0 | 51.0 | 56.0 | 61.0 | 65.0 | 68.0 | 71.0 | |
| 10 | 39.0 | 41.0 | 43.0 | 48.0 | 52.0 | 57.0 | 62.0 | 65.0 | 67.0 | |
| 11 | 36.0 | 38.0 | 41.0 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 54.0 | 59.0 | 62.0 | 64.0 | |
| 12 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 38.0 | 42.0 | 47.0 | 51.0 | 56.0 | 58.0 | 61.0 | |
| 13 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 36.0 | 39.0 | 44.0 | 48.0 | 53.0 | 55.0 | 58.0 | |
| 14 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 37.0 | 41.0 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 53.0 | 55.0 | |
| 15 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 35.0 | 39.0 | 43.0 | 47.0 | 50.0 | 52.0 | |
| 16 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 33.0 | 37.0 | 41.0 | 45.0 | 48.0 | 50.0 | |
| 17 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 31.0 | 35.0 | 39.0 | 43.0 | 45.0 | 47.0 | |
| 18 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 29.0 | 33.0 | 37.0 | 41.0 | 43.0 | 45.0 | |
| 19 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 27.0 | 31.0 | 35.0 | 39.0 | 41.0 | 43.0 | |
| 20 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 25.0 | 29.0 | 33.0 | 37.0 | 39.0 | 41.0 | |
| Female | 3 | 66.0 | 69.0 | 72.0 | 77.0 | 84.0 | 90.0 | 96.0 | 100.0 | 103.0 |
| 4 | 62.0 | 65.0 | 68.0 | 73.0 | 79.0 | 85.0 | 91.0 | 95.0 | 98.0 | |
| 5 | 58.0 | 61.0 | 64.0 | 69.0 | 75.0 | 81.0 | 87.0 | 90.0 | 93.0 | |
| 6 | 55.0 | 57.0 | 60.0 | 65.0 | 71.0 | 77.0 | 82.0 | 85.0 | 88.0 | |
| 7 | 52.0 | 54.0 | 57.0 | 62.0 | 67.0 | 73.0 | 78.0 | 81.0 | 84.0 | |
| 8 | 48.0 | 51.0 | 53.0 | 58.0 | 64.0 | 69.0 | 74.0 | 77.0 | 80.0 | |
| 9 | 45.0 | 48.0 | 50.0 | 55.0 | 60.0 | 65.0 | 70.0 | 73.0 | 76.0 | |
| 10 | 43.0 | 45.0 | 47.0 | 52.0 | 57.0 | 62.0 | 67.0 | 70.0 | 72.0 | |
| 11 | 40.0 | 42.0 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 54.0 | 59.0 | 64.0 | 67.0 | 69.0 | |
| 12 | 37.0 | 40.0 | 42.0 | 46.0 | 51.0 | 56.0 | 61.0 | 63.0 | 66.0 | |
| 13 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 40.0 | 44.0 | 48.0 | 53.0 | 58.0 | 60.0 | 63.0 | |
| 14 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 41.0 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 55.0 | 58.0 | 60.0 | |
| 15 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 39.0 | 43.0 | 48.0 | 52.0 | 55.0 | 57.0 | |
| 16 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 37.0 | 41.0 | 45.0 | 47.0 | 52.0 | 54.0 | |
| 17 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 34.0 | 39.0 | 43.0 | 47.0 | 50.0 | 52.0 | |
| 18 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 33.0 | 37.0 | 41.0 | 45.0 | 47.0 | 50.0 | |
| 19 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 31.0 | 35.0 | 39.0 | 43.0 | 45.0 | 47.0 | |
| 20 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 33.0 | 37.0 | 41.0 | 43.0 | 45.0 | |