3/13: Optimal Functional Occlusion Flashcards
What are the factors that contribute to the baseline for evaluating a patient’s occlusion?
Teeth
TMJ
Musculature
If a patient has an orthodontically ideal angles class I occlusion, this does/does not mean that the patient has optimal occlusal contacts, optimal condyle/mandibular position, and ideal/optimal contact in exursive moments
Does not
Someone with a class II or class III occlusion although not orthodontically ideal, may have _________ occlusion
Functional
Patients may have a less than ideal occlusion, however, it may still be a ________ occlusion or a _________________ occlusion
Functionally acceptable; physiologically acceptable
If treatment is rendered, what do you consider
The optimal position for the joints, muscles and teeth (CR)
When are the TM joints in optimum, orthopedically stable joint position?
When the mandible is in centric relation
What is centric relation?
Position of the condyles in relation to the disc and fossa
What is centric relation defined as?
When the condyles are in the most anterosuperior position in the glenoid fossa
What does centric relation refer to?
The joints and does not involve teeth
Bow does the mandible arc up?
Freely up and down along the terminal hinge axis
What is deflection?
Teeth cannot contact
Why is CR the ideal position?
Musculature in centric relation
TMJs in centric relation
How do the muscle function in CR?
Harmoniously
What is the joint like in centric relation?
Stable because the muscles attached to the joint prevent dislocation of the articular surfaces
What muscles stabilize the TMJ?
Masseter and the medial pterygoids
What does contraction of the muscles that stabilize the TMJ result in?
Antero-superior vector of force (stability)
What muscles are most relaxed in CR?
Lateral pterygoid
What do the condyles rest against in centric relation?
Posterior slope of the articular eminence (thickest bone) therefore can tolerate higher stresses
What do condyles rest against in centric relation?
Intermediate zone of the disc (non-innervated and avascular zone) therefore higher stresses can be toelrated
What was CR called in the past?
The most retruded position of the mandible
What are tissues like in the most retruded position?
The retrodiscal tissues are innervated and would not tolerate stresses
What is the posterior wall like in the most retruded position?
Very thin
How do muscles function in centric relation?
Harmoniously
What position are the TMJs in in centric relation?
Optimal, orthopedically stable joint position
What can the TMJ withstand?
The TMJ is stable even when heavy loads/forces are applied
What do we restore in centric relation?
- completely edentulous patient
- partially edentulous patients when there are few teeth remaining that there is not a stable MIP
- dentate patients who are going to receive extensive restorations which will alter their occlusion completely
What do you use to deprogram the muscles of mastication?
Anterior deprogrammer
What three things are necessary for optimal functional occlusion?
- The TMJ
- The teeth
- The excursive movements