Category: F

The highest degree of masticatory efficiency in all ranges of motion without functional strain or trauma. Ideal occlusion of the teeth such that in all mandibular positions during chewing the teeth function efficiently and without trauma to supporting tissues.  

All normal, proper, or characteristic movements of the mandible made during speech, mastication, yawning, swallowing, and other associated movements.  

Load applied to teeth or implant‐supported prosthesis during normal chewing function.  

Application of muscle forces to influence changes in jaw position and tooth alignment by removable appliances.  

Displacement of the temporomandibular joint’s articular disk during function due to derangement of the disk–condyle complex.  

The occlusal contacts of the maxillary and mandibular teeth during mastication and deglutition.  

Concept developed by Andre Schroeder in 1981 to describe the junction between an implant and surrounding bone. Elasticity of bone makes contact and connection a functional unit in which contact between implant and bone is maintained.  

An articulator that permits simulation and replication of the three‐dimensional mandibular movements with the added benefit of providing documented timing of the mandibular motion; also called a Class IV articulator.  

An articulator that permits simulation and duplication of the three‐dimensional movements of recorded mandibular motion.  

Transfer of skin or gingival epithelium in full thickness with little or no attached subcutaneous tissue.