The Neglected Phase in Orthodontic Diagnosis and Treatment
The
successfully corrected dental malocclusion is usually described as one that is
excellent in appearance, excellent in function and stable or permanent in
result. These are indeed the objectives that are desirable, but they are in a
sense, somewhat intangible at least insofar as the exactness of the evaluation
is considered. The phrase form and function reflects a concept of interrelating
the shape or attributes of something with its function. In dentistry the phrasemay indicate the entire masticatory system acting as a biomechanical engine forthe reduction of food.
For some clinicians the general principle that becomes
operant is form follows function, meaning for examples include the dependant
relationship between esthetics and optimum occlusion physical forces and the
periodontal ligament arch form and beta function and the controversial
relationship between the morphology and function of the disco-muscular
apparatus of the human temporomandibular joint. Read more.....................
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