ToothWearLiteratureIndex–OpposingViews.docVIP

Tooth Wear Literature Index – Opposing Views Author Date Publication Title Point 1 Point 2 Point 3 STALLARD HARVEY, PhD., D.D.S., AND STUART, CHARLES E., D.D.S. 1963, Nov, pp 591 – 606, 01 DCNA – Occlusal Rehabilitation What Kind of Occlusion Should Recusped Teeth be Given? THE PROBLEM Putting prosthetic cusps upon injured or worn teeth so that the dentition will be restored to function is a difficult task. It is a serious problem to change the occlusion of a patient. The technique is tedious and exacting because the dentition must be well related to structures of the cranium, face, and neck. How the teeth close is important to the periodontium, to the mandibular joints, to the jaw and throat muscles, to the tongue, to the cheeks, to the lips, and to the nerves that help the muscles automate the many gnathic functions. The occlusion built should be such that it will make happy, healthy relations between the dentition and the rest of the gnathic organism. Much misery has come to patients whose restored occlusion was not organically fit for them. To have a good occlusion, the cusps must be workable yet allow the muscles of the gnathic organism to rest. STALLARD HARVEY, PhD., D.D.S., AND STUART, CHARLES E., D.D.S 1963, Nov, pp 591 – 606, 02 DESCRIPTION OF THE OCCLUSION RECOMMENDED Prosthodontic thinking has made it necessary to treat occlusion as though it were a genus which has many species of closures. Balanced occlusion, functional occlusion, centric occlusion, eccentric occlusion, etc., are specific closures. The early orthodontists used occlusion to mean the normal closure of teeth. If the closure was abnormal, they called it malocclusion. But today we must use an adjective with occlusion to give it meaning. It is hard to give the kind of occlusion the writers are here recommending a specific or descriptive name; hence, it is necessary to list its main features below: 1. Each upper lingual cusp occludes in a fossa of its lower fellow. Each lower buccal