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. 2022 Mar 14;19(6):3419. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063419

Table 4.

Crushability by free crush (n = 72).

Crushable Not Crushable p-Value
SJ
 Participants, n (%) 70 (97.2%) 2 (2.8%)
  (Active site)
  Teeth–teeth 41 (56.9%) 0
  Teeth–ridge 15 (20.8%) 0
  Ridge–ridge 10 (13.9%) 0
  Tongue 4 (5.6%) 2 (2.8%)
 Tongue pressure (kPa) 18.6 ± 8.6 3.6 ± 1.0 <0.05
HJ
 Participants 62 (86.1%) 10 (13.9%)
  (Active site)
  Teeth–teeth 41 (56.9%) 0
  Teeth–ridge 12 (16.7%) 3 (4.2%)
  Ridge–ridge 9 (12.5%) 1 (1.4%)
  Tongue 0 6 (8.3%)
 Tongue pressure (kPa) 19.4 ± 8.3 11.0 ± 8.7 <0.01