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The Interrelationships Between 3D Imaging, Digital Dental Occlusion, and Craniocervical Body Posture
Abstract
Presently, the functional description and the spatial distribution of the dental occlusion can be described and categorized with both qualitative and quantitative methods. Considering that the dental occlusion has a prominent role in the neuroconduction of the central and peripheral nervous systems, in the head and neck biomechanics, and in whole body posture, it is extremely necessary to diagnose what is outside the mechanical norm with digital biometry and either 2 or 3-D imaging, to develop occlusal and cranio-vertebral patterns that are compatible with the body mechanics, the neuroanatomy, the neuroconduction, and with optimal airway orientation. This chapter will describe qualitatively, quantitatively, statically, and dynamically, how the dental anatomy and dental occlusion, the intra - and inter-arch dental relationships, the three planes of craniofacial space, and the cranio-masticatory and cranio-vertebral components, are all neurophysiologically and biomechanically interrelated. The specific aims of this chapter are to outline new dental occlusion concepts as illustrated by digital occlusal biometric technologies and 3D imaging, while also proposing a practical method of performing a 3-dimensional anthropometric evaluation (known as the T.A.C. analysis). This approach utilizes anatomic data gathered by the latest generations of 2 and 3-dimensional images, which assists in understanding the impact that the Temporomandibular Joint orthopedics and differing skeletal maxillary and mandibular boney patterns have on the development of the dental occlusion.
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