‘MASTICATORY CYCLE’ - Relevance to Prosthodontics- A Narrative Review

The physiological act of chewing food is sometimes called the jaw movement cycle, mastication sequence, chewing process, or chewing cycle. Preparing food for swallowing must first be broken down in the mouth and combined with saliva. This process, known as mastication, aids in saliva secretion, which is necessary to moisten the food and the mouth.[1] The term “masticatory cycle” describes the synchronized movements of the jaw and related muscles during the chewing or mastication process, which breaks food down into smaller pieces. It is a multi-phase physiological process that is complex. [2,3]