Biomechanics and tooth movement Flashcards
Tooth movement
Physiological
Orthodontic
Physiological tooth movement
Pre-eruptive
Eruptive
Post-eruptive
Pre-eruptive tooth movements
Permanent teeth form lingually to primary teeth
Nearly always erupt lingually
Eruptive movements
usually occurs at rate of 1mm per month
Post-eruptive movement
Accomodate growing jaws
Compensate for occlusal wear
Compensate for interproximal wear - mesial drift
Infraocclusion due to ankylosis
Growing jaws
Teeth move to adapt to gowth
Lower jaw tends to continue to grow anteriorly longer than the top jaw
Occlusal wear
Thickening of cementum to account for occlusal wear
Mesial drift
Even occurs if wisdom tooth is not there
Orthodontic tooth movement
Vital PDL
-don’t need a vital pulp
PDL
- Cells
- Obs!!!
- Ocs!!!
- fibroblasts
- epithelial rests of Malassez
- macrophages
- undifferentiated mesenchymal cells
- cementoblasts - Extracellular component
- fibres (relevant to relapse and retention - about 3 months)
- ground substance
PDL fibres
- Collagen fibre bundles
- alveolar crest fibres
- horizontal fibres
- transseptal fibres
- oblique fibres
- apical fibres
- interradicular fibres - Oxytalan fibres
- elastic in nature
- inserts into cementum and runs in 2 directions
- function is thought to maintain the patency of blood vessels during occlusal loading
Ground substance
- Glycosaminoglycans
- Glycoproteins
- Glycolipids
Resting forces
Very light forces
PDL metabolic activity 5-10g
PIC
Ortho tooth movement
‘a pathological process from which the tooth usually recovers’
- bendy wires
- spring
- elastics
Bone resorption removable appliance
PIC
Force, tension and pressure at different places
With removable appliance, just able to tip crown one way or other around point of rotation