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Elements of occlusion

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Elements of occlusion

 

CASTELLANI D.

 

Pages 160 – 350 color illustrations – hard cover

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Elements of occlusion

PREFACE 

 

ELEMENTS OF OCCLUSION is a title which seems to mean a work of austere Euclidean thoroughness. Actually it aims at being nothing but a user-friendly atlas — a compendium of pictures and information set up to give the topic of temporomandibular occlusion a structural framework. The subject of occlusion, which is preliminary and fundamental, is either often considered superficially or, even when regarded for short-term academic purposes, generally put aside as a set of concepts of little or no use to the real praxis of dentistry.

In this book an attempt has been made to describe the anatomy, physiology and dynamics of the scenario within which any operation of restorative dentistry takes place. Bibliographical references have been intentionally omitted as, in literature, every truth could easily match its opposite. The editorial and iconographic format has been conceived in such a manner as to favor visual memory be the reader either a student or a practitioner.

Moreover, this work aims at being a challenge to the proverbial saying “Occlusion is Confusion,” a concept often used to justify the superficiality and disinterest in what is the heart of the branches of dentistry.

ELEMENTS OF OCCLUSION will merit its definition as an atlas if, by describing the mechanics of the stomatognatic apparatus and its relative functions, it manages to provide the reader with an updating support as an operational map of reference. Furthermore, this work conceals the secret and rather ambitious hope of promoting a different kind of saying: “Occlusion is Function”.

I dedicate this work to my daughters Camilla and Lucia, my primary sources of faith and optimism.

Dario Castellani

INDEX 

Chapter One 

DETERMINANT FACTORS OF OCCLUSION

ANATOMY OF THE TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT, MUSCLES AND DENTITION

1. Temporomandibular joint

2. Masticatory muscles

3. Biomechanics of the temporomandibular joint

4. Dentition and the occlusal table

Chapter two 

OCCLUSAL RELATIONSHIPS AND OCCLUSAL SCHEMES

OCCLUSAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DENTAL ARCHES

1. Occlusal relationship between anterior teeth

2. Occlusal relationship between posterior teeth

OCCLUSAL CONTACTS

1. Static occlusal contacts

2. Dynamic occlusal contacts

THE MANDIBULAR LEVERAGE

ALTERATIONS IN OCCLUSAL CONTACTS

Chapter three 

MANDIBULAR MOVEMENTS

MANDIBULAR MOVEMENTS: ROTATION AND TRANSLATION

1. Rotation

2. Translation

LATERAL EXCURSIONS

1. The Bennett angle

2. The Bennett movement

PROTRUSIVE MANDIBULAR MOVEMENT

1. Incisal guidance

2. Condylar guidance

MANDIBULAR MOVEMENTS ON THE SAGITTAL PLANE (POSSELT DIAGRAM)

MANDIBULAR KINETICS

1. Frontal plane

2. Sagittal plane

Chapter four 

MANDIBULAR MOVEMENTS AND PANTOGRAPHIC TRACINGS

PANTOGRAPHIC TRACINGS

1. Pantographic tracings on the horizontal plane

2. Pantographic tracings on the sagittal plane

Chapter five 

CRANIOMANDIBULAR RELATIONSHIP (OCCLUSAL SPACES)

CRANIOMANDIBULAR RELATIONSHIP

1. Vertical craniomandibular relationship

2. Horizontal craniomandibular relationship

3. Maximal intercuspation or centric relation?

4. Recording techniques

5. Deconditioning technique

6. Clinical recording of the centric relation

7. Materials and methods for craniomandibular recordings

8. Anatomical references of occlusal significance

Chapter six 

MECHANICAL OCCLUSAL EQUIVALENTS

MECHANICAL EQUIVALENTS FOR THE REPRODUCTION OF OCCLUSAL DETERMINANTS

  1. Articulators

  2. Facebow recordings

  3. Mounting the lower cast on the articulator

  4. Setting condylar guidance

  5. Setting the Bennett angle

  6. Transferring anterior guidance values to the incisal guide  plate

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