Glossary

The maximum balanced intercuspation of maxillary and mandibular teeth; may or may not coincide with centric relation. Positional relationship of ...

Located in or at a center. Oriented around or directed toward a center.  

A device that is used to balance occlusal forces when measuring maxillomandibular jaw relationships or to map the full envelope ...

The recorded path of motion on the horizontal plate of the central bearing tracing device.  

The precise location of contact for a central bearing device.  

A device that applies a single point force that is applied as centrally as possible at the center of support ...

The midline of the residual ridge in a buccolingual dimension, as viewed from the occlusal aspect.  

The tearing or splintering of the cementum from the tooth’s root surface. Superficial disruptions of a tooth root that result ...

The thin, calcified tissue of ectomesenchymal origin covering the roots of teeth in which embedded collagen fibers attach the teeth ...

The use of dental cement for the retention of a prosthesis to an abutment, or transmucosal portion of a one‐piece ...