title: Role of muscle function in mandibular prosthetics.
abstract: The various effects of muscle function on mandibular prosthetics have been categorized and discussed. For obvious reasons, specifics such as muscle origins and insertions have not been included. This has been done most capably in the past. Many obvious and superficial facts have been presented to examine the depth and pervasiveness of muscle function in mandibular prosthodontic service. A similar case can be made for the maxillary denture, but to a lesser degree. The dictum of Martone calls attention to the fact that biologically inert prostheses are constructed for patients who are in state of minimal functional activity. When customary day-to-day activity resumes, those prostheses must serve harmoniously with the oral environment into which they are thrust.
mesh_terms: D003761:Dental Impression Technique; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D003817:Dentition; D003826:Denture, Complete, Lower; D003829:Denture, Partial; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007574:Jaw Relation Record; D008409:Mastication; D013499:Surface Properties