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E Pound

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PubMed1977

Let /S/ be your guide.

New guidelines for establishing the vertical dimension of occlusion have been reviewed. They are based upon the fact that the body of the mandible assumes an easily recordable, repetitive horizontal and vertical position when the patient is at the /S/ position during speech. This controlled method of developing vertical dimension correlates the posterior speaking space with the placement of the upper and lower anterior teeth when set to a phonetic standard. This permits the development of a dependable vertical dimension of occlusion for most patients and also serves as a guide for the more difficult to treat Class II and tongue-thrusting patients. A method of obtaining a protrusive registration is also presented; it coordinates the angle of the eminences with the actual incisal guide angle of the patient. In all techniques there should be a final try-in after the setup of the teeth is complete. The guidelines presented in this article for controlling speech and "verticentric" can also be used to verify and/or alter that which has been established by any technique.

Dental Articulators↗
PubMed1976

Controlling anomalies of vertical dimension and speech.

In this article, definite ways and means have been discussed for controlling the the verticale dimension of occlusion by using certain tooth-to-tooth and tooth-to-tissue relations that exist in normal speech. The primary emphasis is placed on managing the problems encountered in the most troublesome types of patients--those with Class II occlusions, the tongue thrusters, and those who lisp. It is not easy to identify those patients in whom these problems previously existed after they become edentulous. An Analytical Control Chart has been introduced which can be used to separate these problem patients from the normal ones, and a step-by-step procedure for their management can be followed. Also the phases of this approach which are beneficial in restorative dentistry are reviewed.

Dental Occlusion, Centric↗