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3/13: Optimal Functional Occlusion Flashcards

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What are the factors that contribute to the baseline for evaluating a patient’s occlusion?

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Teeth
TMJ
Musculature

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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

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Does not

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Someone with a class II or class III occlusion although not orthodontically ideal, may have _________ occlusion

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Functional

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Patients may have a less than ideal occlusion, however, it may still be a ________ occlusion or a _________________ occlusion

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Functionally acceptable; physiologically acceptable

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If treatment is rendered, what do you consider

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The optimal position for the joints, muscles and teeth (CR)

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When are the TM joints in optimum, orthopedically stable joint position?

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When the mandible is in centric relation

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What is centric relation?

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Position of the condyles in relation to the disc and fossa

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What is centric relation defined as?

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When the condyles are in the most anterosuperior position in the glenoid fossa

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What does centric relation refer to?

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The joints and does not involve teeth

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Bow does the mandible arc up?

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Freely up and down along the terminal hinge axis

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What is deflection?

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Teeth cannot contact

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Why is CR the ideal position?

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Musculature in centric relation
TMJs in centric relation

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How do the muscle function in CR?

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Harmoniously

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What is the joint like in centric relation?

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Stable because the muscles attached to the joint prevent dislocation of the articular surfaces

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What muscles stabilize the TMJ?

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Masseter and the medial pterygoids

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What does contraction of the muscles that stabilize the TMJ result in?

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Antero-superior vector of force (stability)

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What muscles are most relaxed in CR?

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Lateral pterygoid

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What do the condyles rest against in centric relation?

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Posterior slope of the articular eminence (thickest bone) therefore can tolerate higher stresses

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What do condyles rest against in centric relation?

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Intermediate zone of the disc (non-innervated and avascular zone) therefore higher stresses can be toelrated

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What was CR called in the past?

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The most retruded position of the mandible

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What are tissues like in the most retruded position?

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The retrodiscal tissues are innervated and would not tolerate stresses

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What is the posterior wall like in the most retruded position?

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Very thin

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How do muscles function in centric relation?

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Harmoniously

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What position are the TMJs in in centric relation?

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Optimal, orthopedically stable joint position

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What can the TMJ withstand?
The TMJ is stable even when heavy loads/forces are applied
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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
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What do you use to deprogram the muscles of mastication?
Anterior deprogrammer
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What three things are necessary for optimal functional occlusion?
1. The TMJ 2. The teeth 3. The excursive movements
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What are teeth relations in optimal functional occlusion?
- stationary position - during excursive movements
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What is the most desirable position of the posterior teeth?
Multiple, even, bilateral. and simultaneous occlusal contacts with the mandible in the CR position are the most desirable
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Where are posterior teeth loaded?
Mainly along the long axis of the tooth (axial loading)
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What happens when more teeth contact?
More stress is distributed throughout the arch
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What happens when all posterior teeth contact evenly?
Distributed the stress over all the teeth and does not concentrate it on one tooth causing harm
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What happens when the teeth are bilateral?
For stability; if tooth contacts occur only on the right side and not the left, then the mandible will pivot around this right side contact and place increased pressure on the left TMJ causing problems
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What happens when the teeth have simultaneous contact?
All the contacts occur at the same time on both sides of the arch and on all the posterior teeth
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What does it mean when the teeth are axially loaded?
Through the long axis of the tooth
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What forces are not well accepted?
Lateral forces on teeth
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When can heavier stresses be applied?
Through axial loading
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What teeth should have lighter occlusal contacts and when?
Anterior when posterior teeth are in occlusion
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Why can anterior teeth not be able to withstand high loads?
When loaded axially
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What is canine guidance?
When the mandible moves laterally, the canines on the working side guide the movement, causing all other teeth to disclude
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What is anterior guidance?
In protrusive movement, the anterior teeth should disclude the posterior teeth
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What do the canines, central and lateral incisors do when the mandible moves in protrusion?
Disclude
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What are contacts between the posterior teeth during extrusive movements considered?
Interferences - can create damaging effects on T teeth and periodontium
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The more anterior (away from the fulcrum), the resistance (load) occurs, the ________ the impact (magnitude)
LEsser
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What tooth has the longest root and best bone support?
canine (canine eminence)
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What is optimal functional occlusion also referred to as?
Mutually protected occlusion
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Multiple, even, bilateral, simultaneous occlusal contacts of the posterior teeth in MIP with the mandible is _______ position. _____ and ____ are coincident
MIP; MIP and CR
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What teeth exhibit lighter occlusal contacts in MIP
Anterior
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How are posterior teeth loaded in MIP?
Axially
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What guidance occurs in excursive movements?
Canine/anterior guidance
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What teeth withstand majority of the load in MIP?
Posterior teeth, protecting the anterior teeth from high loads
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How do anterior teeth proctect the posterior teeth from off-axis loading?
The anterior teeth disclude the posterior teeth in excursive movements
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What teeth tolerate axial loading well?
Posterior teeth, so they protect anterior teeth which are not axially loaded in MIP
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What can anterior teeth tolerate?
Lateral forces in excursive movements (off-axial loading) since they are further away from the fulcrum and the loads are less
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What are occlusal schemes/philosophies in excursive movements?
1. canine guidance - anterior guidance 2. group function 3. balanced occlusion
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What is the mandible guided by when it moves laterally?
The outer inclines of the mandibular buccal cusps sliding along the inner inclines of the buccal cusps of the maxillary posterior teeth
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What is the most desirable group function consist of?
The canines, premolars and MB cusp of the first molar
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The more posterior the contact, the _______ the force
Greater- closer to the source of power; the more destructive the forces
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What are the buccal cusps like on the WS?
Mandibular teeth guide along the inner inclines of the maxillary teeth, as far posteriorly as the first molar (MB cusp)
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Where are there no contacts?
On the NWS
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________ function is acceptable but not ideal
Group function
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When is group function the only option?
For patients who: - have no anterior vertical overlap e.g. anterior open bite - very large anterior horizontal overlap e.g. class II div I - have a reverse overlap e.g. class III
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What is balanced occlusion?
Simultaneous contacts on both sides (working and non working) during lateral excursive movements (working side contacts and balancing side contacts)
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When is there contact during balanced occlusion?
Contacts between the posterior and anterior teeth during protrusive movement
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What happens during balanced occlusion if the mandible moves to the right?
On the right side (WS): outer inclines of mandibular buccal cusps contact inner inclines of maxillary buccal cusps and at the same time On the left side (NWS): inner inclines of mandibular buccal cusps contact inner inclines of maxillary lingual cusps
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What happens during balanced occlusion when in protrusion?
There are contacts between posterior and anterior teeth
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What happens to posterior teeth in balanced occlusion?
Mesial inclines of mandibular cusps occlude with distal inclines of maxillary cusps
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When is balanced occlsuion not acceptable/ideal?
For dentate patients because it promotes tooth wear
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What kind of contacts are destructive and must be avoided?
Non-working side contacts
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What kind of occlusion is an acceptable form for complete dentures?
Balanced occlusion

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