Bimaxillary

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Bimaxillary ( lat. Bi "two" and maxilla "jaw") means relating to the upper and lower jaw .

In bimaxillary molding processes, the upper and lower jaws are molded simultaneously in one operation, with the lower jaw in the normal position to the upper jaw. This is why it is also called a mouth-closed impression.

Bimaxillary functional orthodontic devices (FKO) are devices in orthodontics that lie almost passively and without pressure in the mouth and work without exerting force themselves. The upper and lower jaws are gripped by a single appliance. Examples are the Andresen and Häupl activator , the Fränkel function regulator and the Balters Bionator .

Bimaxillary orthodontic interventions are performed, for example, in dysgnathia operations.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology (FCAT) (1998). Terminologia Anatomica . Stuttgart: Thieme
  2. ↑ Bärbel Kahl-Nieke: Introduction to orthodontics: diagnostics, treatment planning, therapy: with 10 tables . Deutscher Ärzteverlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-7691-3419-3 , p. 10–.
  3. ↑ Ulrich Joos, Bimaxillary operations , IMC. Retrieved April 19, 2015.