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17 sie 2020 · The model output shows that bite force is rather variable in dogs and that dogs bite harder on the molar teeth and at lower gape angles. Half of the bite force is determined by the temporal muscle. Bite force also increased with size, and brachycephalic dogs showed higher bite forces for their size than mesocephalic dogs.
Measurement of Bite Forces in Dogs and Cats. In humans, bite forces are typically measured using strain gauges, pressure-sensitive films, and piezoelectric sensors ().In addition, the maximum voluntary bite force measured is used to diagnose TMJ disorders, mandibular fractures, and malocclusions (19–21).However, these methods are limited in that they can only measure vertical bite force.
Reports of dog bite strengths of 2000 pounds might be due to a misreadingof the data. The force of a dog bite depends upon the size of the dog and the shape of its head.
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effects of cranial size and shape in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) on predicted forces of biting. In addition to continuous size-shape analysis, nine size-shape groups were developed based on three skull shape categories and three skull size categories.
Bite forces ranged from 13 to 1394 Newtons with a mean for all dogs of 256 Newtons and a median of 163 Newtons. Most measurements fell within the low end of the range, with 55% of the biting episodes less than 200 Newtons and 77% less than 400 Newtons.
However, no studies to date have explored the covariation between bite force and bone shape. In the present paper, we aimed to explore the diversity of bite force in dogs as well as the relationships between the three dimensional (3D) shape of the upper and lower jaws and bite force.
Ridge push (also known as gravitational slides or sliding plate force) is a proposed driving force for plate motion in plate tectonics that occurs at mid-ocean ridges as the result of the rigid lithosphere sliding down the hot, raised asthenosphere below mid-ocean ridges.
