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Jaw Relation Record
Medical Definition: | A registration of any positional relationship of the mandible in reference to the maxillae. These records may be any of the many vertical, horizontal, or orientation relations. (Jablonski, Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry) |
Guide Notes: | NIM; DF: JAW RELAT RECORD |
Also Called: | Bite Registration,Axiography,Sirognathography |
Previously Indexed: | Dental Occlusion (1966-1969) |
Centric Relation - The location of the maxillary and the mandibular condyles when they are in their most posterior and superior positions in their fossae of the temporomandibular joint. |
Jaw Relation Record Medical Definitions and Terms
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