occlusal vertical dimension

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• Vertical dimension of occlusion — A patient prepared for measurement of VDO. Two stickers have been affixed to her face in order to establish the distance between the dots drawn on the stickers when her mandible is in a position that matches her VDO. Because this patient is… …   Wikipedia

• vertical dimension contact — vertical dimension, occlusal the lower face height with the teeth in centric occlusion …   Medical dictionary

• dimension — Scope, size, magnitude; denoting, in the plural, linear measurements of length, width, and height. buccolingual d. the diameter or d. of a premolar or molar tooth from buccal to lingual …   Medical dictionary

• OVD — occlusal vertical dimension; ophthalmological viscosurgical device * * * occlusal vertical dimension …   Medical dictionary

• OVD — • occlusal vertical dimension; • ophthalmological viscosurgical device …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

• Déglutition atypique — La position de la langue joue un rôle essentiel dans la croissance de la face et dans les fonctions buccales (mastication, phonation, déglutition, etc.). Dans la déglutition atypique naissante, vestige de sa forme infantile, la langue s oppose à… …   Wikipédia en Français

• overclosure — A decrease in occlusal vertical dimension. * * * over·clo·sure (o″vər kloґzhər) the loss of occlusal vertical dimension …   Medical dictionary

• Dahl effect — The Dahl effect or Dahl concept is a concept used in dentistry where changes are planned in the occlusion of the dentition. Dahl first described this phenomenon: a Dahl appliance uses an anterior bite plane to increase the available interocclusal …   Wikipedia

• Centric relation — In dentistry, centric relation is the mandibular jaw position in which the head of the condyle is situated as far anterior and superior as it possibly can within the mandibular fossa/glenoid fossa. This position is used when restoring edentulous… …   Wikipedia

• record — 1. In medicine, a chronologic written account that includes a patient s initial complaint(s) and medical history, physical findings, results of diagnostic tests and procedures, any therapeutic medicines and/or procedures, and subsequent… …   Medical dictionary

• closed bite — malocclusion with decreased occlusal vertical dimension and an abnormal overbite in which the mandible protrudes. Called also deep b., closed bite malocclusion, and deep overbite …   Medical dictionary