An evaluation of terminal hinge position and neuromuscular position in edentulous patients. Part II. Duplicate mandibular dentures.
The purpose of Part II of this study was to determine whether or not a denture fabricated to the neuromuscular position (NMP) could be as functional as one fabricated to the terminal hinge position (THP). Two mandibular dentures were fabricated for each of six edentulous subjects, one to the THP and one to the NMP, along with only one maxillary denture each. The subjects had no prior knowledge of the two mandibular dentures in order to determine the clinical significance of a difference in the two positions. These results were evaluated by clinical methods. It was concluded that the NMP is clinically acceptable for intercuspation of artificial teeth on complete dentures.
D003767:Dental Occlusion, Balanced; D003768:Dental Occlusion, Centric; D003781:Denture Retention; D003826:Denture, Complete, Lower; D006801:Humans; D007574:Jaw Relation Record; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous