Table of Contents
1.
What is Occlusion?
The Importance of Occlusion in Dental Practice
Analysis of Occlusion
Static Occlusion
Dynamic Occlusion
Ideal Occlusion
Definition of Ideal Occlusion
The Importance of Ideal Occlusion as a Concept
Pretreatment Examination and Records
Treatment of Pain Dysfunction Syndrome (PDS)
Conformative Versus Reorganised Approach
Factors Determining a Patient’s Reaction to an Occlusion
Risk Management
Guidelines of Good Occlusal Practice
2.
The Examination and Recording of the Occlusion: Why and How
Neuromuscular Control
The Muscles
Individual Mandibular Muscles
Lateral Pterygoid Muscle
The Medial Pterygoid Muscle
Digastric Muscle
Mylohyoid Muscle
Suprahyoid, Infrahyoid and Cervical Muscles
Neural Pathways
The Guidance Systems
Posterior Guidance
Anterior Guidance
Relevance of a Study of Guidance Systems to Occlusion
Articulatory System: Occlusal Harmony?
Examination of the Occlusion
Introduction
The Three Question Examination
Recording of the Occlusion
Two Dimensional Records of the Patient’s Occlusion
Three Dimensional Record of the Patient’s Occlusion
Discussion
Technique
Facebows
Guidelines for Good Occlusal Practice