Essentials of Orthodontia: With Especial Reference to Nomenclature, Including an Outlined Course in Practical Technics for Students ...

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P. Blakiston's son & Company, 1914 - Dentistry, Operative - 103 pages
 

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Page 20 - Class III — Lower arch mesial to normal in its relation to the upper arch. Division — Bilaterally mesial.
Page 7 - the line with which in form and position according to type the teeth must be in harmony if in normal occlusion.
Page 20 - Lower arch distal to normal in its relation to the upper arch DIVISION 1. Bilaterally distal, protruding upper incisors. Primarily, at least, associated with mouth breathing Subdivision.
Page 1 - Orthodontia is that science which has for its object the correction of malocclusion of the teeth.
Page 8 - The resistance selected as a base from which force is to be delivered for the movement of the teeth.
Page 12 - Concisely expressed, these three conditions are: (1) Malformation of the jaws and their processes; (2) malrelation of the dental arches; and (3) malposition of the teeth.
Page 3 - Interdigitate and interdigitation have reference to any closure of the buccal teeth in which the cusps of one denture strike fairly into the occluding sulci of the other, as opposed to that which is sometimes called an "end-to-end occlusion.
Page 2 - Naso-labial folds, depressions, or lines extend from the lateral borders of the wings of the nose diagonally downward to a point slightly below the corners of the mouth, marked by the action of the orbicularis oris and risorius muscles. Irregularity. — The terms "irregular...
Page 1 - that branch of dentistry which deals with the principles and practices involved in the prevention and correction of malocclusion of the teeth, and such other malformations and abnormalities as may be associated therewith.
Page 10 - Reinforced anchorage is the adding of the resistance of teeth in the same arch or opposite arch, through the use of other forms of anchorage, as auxiliaries, in combination with the already established simple anchorage. Reciprocal anchorage represents the counterbalancing of anchorage resistance between teeth located in different parts of the same arch, or in opposite arches, to the mutual advantage of tooth movements (Pullen).

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