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Functional occlusion:
Occlusion during mandibular movement (mastication,
swallowing, etc.).
Plane of occlusion:
An imaginary plane anatomically related to the cranium
that theoretically touches the incisal edges of incisors and the cusp
tips of posterior teeth.
Occlusal adjustment (equilibration):
Reshaping the occlusal surfaces of
teeth to create harmonious contacts between the maxillary and mandibular
teeth.
Vertical dimension:
A vertical measurement of the face between any two
arbitrary points (usually in the midline), one above and one below the
mouth.
Vertical dimension of occlusion (VDO):
The vertical dimension of the
face when the teeth are in centric occlusion
Vertical dimension of rest (VDR):
The vertical dimension of the face
when the mandible is in the rest position.
Curve of Spee:
The anteroposterior curvature of the maxillary and
mandibular occlusal surfaces. Concave above the curve; convex below the
curve. (See Figure 27–1.)
Curve of Wilson:
The mediolateral curvature of the maxillary and
mandibular occlusal surfaces. Concave above the curve; convex below the
curve. (See Figure 27–2.)
Compensating curve:
The anteroposterior curvature (in the median
plane) and the mediolateral curvature (in the frontal plane) in the alignment
of the occluding surfaces and incisal edges of artificial teeth that are
used to develop balanced occlusion.
Parafunctional contacts:
Abnormal contacts; typically result from habits
such as bruxism and include area-to-area contacts
Protrusive contacts:
Contacts made when the mandible has moved anteriorly
from centric occlusion (protrusive movement). These are usually
edge-to-edge contacts for anterior teeth.
Working side contacts (laterotrusive contacts):
Contacts on the side toward
which the mandible has moved from centric occlusion (working side movement).
Nonworking side contacts (mediotrusive contacts):
Contacts on the side
away from which the mandible has moved from centric occlusion (nonworking
side movement).
Overbite:
The vertical overlapping of the mandibular incisors by the maxillary
incisors when the jaws are in centric occlusion. (
Overjet:
The horizontal overlapping of the mandibular incisors by the
maxillary incisors when the jaws are in centric occlusion.
Open bite:
A condition in which opposing teeth do not occlude.
Cross-bite:
An abnormal relation of one or more teeth in one arch to its
antagonist in the other arch due to a deviation of tooth or jaw position
Anterior cross-bite:
One or more maxillary incisors are positioned lingually
to the mandibular incisors when in centric occlusion
Posterior cross-bite:
One or more maxillary posterior teeth are positioned
palatally to the mandibular posterior teeth when in centric occlusion.
FOUR DETERMINANTS OF OCCLUSION
The teeth and their occlusal surfaces.
- The right TMJ.
- The left TMJ.
- The neuromusculature of the jaws and TMJs.
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Supporting (lingual) cusps of maxillary posterior teeth occlude with the
distal marginal ridge of their mandibular counterpart + the mesial marginal ridge
of tooth distal
ML cusp of molars, which occlude in the central fossa of their counterpart.■
AND
Supporting (buccal) cusps of mandibular posterior teeth occlude with the
mesial marginal ridge of their maxillary counterpart + the distal marginal
ridge of the tooth mesial