Occlusion (dentistry)
The occlusion (occlusion, shutter) is any contact between the teeth of the upper jaw and the lower jaw . The contact points lie on the occlusal plane , which is not flat, but rather curved in the sagittal ( Spee curve ) and transversal ( Wilson curve ) (technically: twisted ). Common, but no longer accepted by professional societies, is the view that occlusion is only the final bite position, i.e. the maximum intercuspation ( Latin cuspis , the cusp ).
One differentiates in detail:
- Static occlusion: Tooth contacts without movement of the lower jaw
- Maximum intercuspation: Lower jaw posture in which there is maximum multi-point contact between the lower and upper teeth. Static occlusion with maximum multi-point contact
- Habitual occlusion: Habitually adopted static occlusion
- Centric occlusion: maximum intercuspation with centric condylar position ( in this case the condyle is the joint head of the temporomandibular joint)
Definitions
The German Society for Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine (DGZMK) defines types of occlusion as follows:
- Occlusion: Any contact between the teeth of the upper and lower jaw .
- Static occlusion ( English static occlusion ): Tooth contacts without movement of the lower jaw in maximum intercuspation .
- Dynamic occlusion (English dental articulation , also dynamic occlusion ): Tooth contacts that arise as a result of movement of the lower jaw .
- Habitual occlusion: Habitually adopted static occlusion
- Centric (Engl. Occlusion centric occlusion ): static occlusion in centric condylar position .
- Anterior guide (engl. Incisal guidance dynamic occlusion between:) upper and lower jaw incisors
- Canine (engl. Canine guidance ; also cuspid guidance , canine rise ): dynamic occlusion between the upper and lower jaw canines .
- Group function : dynamic occlusion between several teeth on the laterotrusion side .
- Occlusion (Engl. Occlusal concepts ): Anterior-based occlusion (. English anterior protected articulation ) -Okklusionskonzept with front tooth guidance, to disclusion leads all other teeth.
- Cuspid occlusion (Engl. Canine-protected articulation ): occlusion with canine guidance needed to disclusion leads all other teeth.
- Unilateral guided (engl. Occlusion group function ): occlusion with guidance of the teeth of the Laterotrusionsseite that for disclusion leads all the other teeth (see group management).
- Bilaterally guided occlusion (bilateral balanced occlusion; also balanced articulation): occlusion concept with guidance of the teeth to the laterotrusion and mediotrusion side (balanced occlusion).
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Occlusal (. English occlusal disturbances ), which include:
- Nonocclusion : Lack of antagonist contact with existing teeth.
- Pre-contact (also early contact) (English deflective occlusal contact ): Premature contact of a tooth or a group of teeth in static / dynamic occlusion
- Centric pre-contact ( defflective occlusal contact ): Premature contact of a tooth or a group of teeth in a centric condylar position, which moves the condyle into an eccentric position when the habitual occlusion is assumed .
- Traumatizing occlusion (Engl. Traumatogenic occlusion ): Pre-contacts in static and / or dynamic occlusion, which lead to damage to the tooth and / or the periodontium.
See also
literature
- Eugen End: The physiological occlusion of the human dentition. Diagnostics & Therapy . Neuer Merkur, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-937346-18-X
- Alison P. Howat, Nicholas J. Capp, N. Vincent J. Barrett: Color Atlas of Occlusion and Malocclusion . Schlueter, Hannover 1992, ISBN 3-87706-370-5
- Ulrich Lotzmann: The principles of occlusion. An introduction to working in accordance with occlusion (= basic knowledge for dental technicians, volume 12). Neuer Merkur, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-929360-17-9
- Norman D. Mohl (Ed.), Almuth Duncker (Ed.): Textbook of occlusion . Quintessenz, Berlin a. a. 1990, ISBN 3-87652-281-1
Web links
Wiktionary: occlusion - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations