Changes in tongue–palatal contact during swallowing in patients with skeletal mandibular prognathism after orthognathic surgery

• Haruka Kagawa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Haruka Kagawa, Masato Kaku

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Applied Life Sciences, Hiroshima University Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Masato Kaku ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Haruka Kagawa, Masato Kaku

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mkaku@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Division of Oral Health Sciences, Department of Anatomy and Functional Restorations, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3878-749X

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• Taeko Yamamoto ,

  Roles Data curation

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Applied Life Sciences, Hiroshima University Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Yuka Yashima ,

  Roles Data curation

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Applied Life Sciences, Hiroshima University Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Hiromi Sumi ,

  Roles Data curation

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Kamiya Orthodontics & Dental Clinic, Hamamatsu, Japan

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• Takashi Kamiya ,

  Roles Data curation

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Kamiya Orthodontics & Dental Clinic, Hamamatsu, Japan

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• Ichiro Yamamoto ,

  Roles Supervision

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation EPG Research Center, Yamamoto Dental Clinic, Hyogo, Japan

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• Kotaro Tanimoto

  Roles Supervision

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Applied Life Sciences, Hiroshima University Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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