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From: Medical tongue piercing – development and evaluation of a surgical protocol and the perception of procedural discomfort of the participants

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Inductive tongue control system (modified from [[12]] with permission, © 2006 IEEE): (A) Placement of sensors (c) , dental brace (b) and activation unit (a) , (B) Activation unit attached to the tongue as the upper ball of a piercing, (C) Principle of activation for inductive sensors; perturbation of the magnetic field of the sensor by the activation unit induces an activation signal back into the sensor, and (D) The upper jaw dental brace placed on a plaster model.

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