Fascia Massetera

Nowadays, the human dental system is developing much more intensively and productively than before. This is facilitated by advances in the field of dentistry. Dentists offer patients complete comprehensive treatment of all diseases of the oral cavity and teeth. Such specialists carry out high-tech diagnostics using modern equipment and materials. After examining the jaw and face, a consultation on treatment is carried out and, depending on the stage of development of the disease, therapy is prescribed. - What is the fascia of the masseter muscle? The masticatory fascia (also called m. massetericus) is a layer of tissue covering the masticatory muscle and performing its functions: protruding the lower jaw, closing the mouth. During conversation and eating, the fascia of mastication acts on food and helps crush it. This muscle is involved in the chewing process, and is also involved during swallowing in the “beginning of movement” of the tongue. In the area of ​​the roots of the upper sixth incisors there are transverse processes of the zygomatic bones, which form the basis for the masticatory apparatus. When the mouth is closed, the muscles attached to the masticatory apparatus lift the jaw vertically. The muscles bearing the double name of mastication belong to the sides of the oval oval of the skull.

The masticatory muscles are located under the temporalis fascia, which surrounds the temple. When the mouth is opened, the posterior part is attached by fibers with the zygomatic branches running to the lower medial muscle fibers. The anterior portion includes the ramus of the temporal bone and the two sides of the superior