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Materials and methods: In this cross-sectional study masticatory efficiency parameters (number of particles, mean diameter and mean surface of particles) determined with optical scanning method were compared between children with healthy dentition (12 girls, 12 boys, age 3 to 14) and children with lost antagonistic contacts due to tooth extraction, changing dentition and malocclusions (12 girls, 12 boys, age 3 to 14). Results: Number of chewed particles is significantly higher in a group of children with healthy dentition (p &lt; 0.001), and chewed particles\u2019 mean diameter and surface are significantly higher in the Group 2 (p &lt; 0.001; p &lt; 0.001). Number of lost occlusal contacts is not in correlation with masticatory efficiency parameters (p= 0.464; p= 0.483; p= 0.489). Conclusions: Children with lost antagonistic contacts have an impaired masticatory efficiency in comparison to children with complete dentition, but there is no difference regarding the aetiology of contact loss.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/dj11030064","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,28]],"date-time":"2023-02-28T03:29:46Z","timestamp":1677554986000},"page":"64","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Association of Masticatory Efficiency and Reduced Number of Antagonistic Contacts Due to Extraction, Changing Dentition or Malocclusion in Children"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0291-2743","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Odri","family":"Cicvaric","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Renata","family":"Grzic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marija","family":"Simunovic Erpusina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0732-4166","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Suncana","family":"Simonic-Kocijan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1680-1174","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Danko","family":"Bakarcic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Natasa","family":"Ivancic Jokic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"456","DOI":"10.1016\/j.physbeh.2018.06.037","article-title":"Development of the jaw sensorimotor control and masticatory\u2014A systematic review","volume":"194","author":"Almotairy","year":"2018","journal-title":"Physiol. 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