Mastication provides the adequate stimulus for proper functioning and normal development of maxilla and mandible. Several factors potentially influence masticatory efficiency including occlusal contact area, number of functional teeth, and bite force. Areas of contact between occluding teeth determine the area available for shearing food during each chewing cycle. 1 Long-term mastication on one side due to gross destruction of untreated caries leads to asymmetric masticatory muscles or decrease in the function. 2-5 If the process continues, it consequently results in compromised facial growth and development due to an imbalance in the equilibrium and a disturbed harmony. There is also a high chance
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