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. 
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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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