This article addresses the historical perspective of the gnathological influence upon the concepts of occlusion for fixed prosthodontics. A critical assessment and subsequent scientific validation of occlusal theories require an understanding of their evolution in the formative years and the subsequent development of effective models for clinical practice. While gnathological concepts offer a s...

During the development of the neuronic and visceral cranium, an important number of factors, not only genetic, but also functional, led to the apparition of some different aspects of growing at the level of each section: the basis of the cranium, the basis of the maxillary, dental alveolus, dental arch. All these "aggravating" or "compensatory" changes are added to the level of the occlusion pl...

hemodynamic activity with slight occlusal interference Yumie Ono, Yu Ishikawa, Motohiro Munakata, Tomoaki Shibuya, Atsushi Shimada, Hideo Miyachi, Hiroyuki Wake & Katsushi Tamaki Health Science and Medical Engineering Laboratory, Department of Electronics and Bioinformatics, School of Science and Technology, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Japan Department of Oral Implantology, Kanagawa Dental Univ...

1Department of Oral Science, Kanagawa Dental University, Japan 2Institute of Oral Regenerative Medicine, Kanagawa Dental University, Japan 3Institute for Research of Disaster Dental Medicine in Yokosuka and Shonan, Japan 4Department of Cariology and Restrative Dentistry, Kanagawa Dental University, Japan 5Department of Prosthodontic Dentistry for Function of TMJ and Occlusion, Kanagawa Dental U...

This study examined the relationship between the extensive use of forceps procedures during delivery and later occlusal characteristics. The work uses data collected in National Collaborative Perinatal Research Project (USA), in which more than 60,000 pregnancies and the children's health were followed by regular medical tests and examinations. Of these, a subsample of 2,074 children participat...

BACKGROUND There have been varied studies that have suggested a relationship between dental occlusion/temporomandibular joint (TMJ) status and general body health. Therefore, it is important to elucidate the systematic relationships and corresponding action mechanisms between them. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this part of study was to review the relationships between dental occlusion/TMJ status...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Nowadays centric relation is defined as a musculoskeletal stable position, with the condyles forward, as far upward as possible, centered transversely and with the articular disc properly interposed. On the other hand, centric occlusion or maximum intercuspidation is a dental determined position. The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate the direction, frequency and mag...

The aim of this investigation was to perform a review of the literature dealing with the issue of relationships between dental occlusion, body posture and temporomandibular disorders (TMD). A search of the available literature was performed to determine what the current evidence is regarding: (i) The physiology of the dental occlusion-body posture relationship, (ii) The relationship of these tw...