title: An evaluation of condyle position in centric relation obtained by manipulation of the mandible with and without leaf gauge deprogramming.
abstract: Centric relation records of 19 dental students were obtained with leaf gauges and by mandibular manipulation. The condyle/fossa relationships were subsequently evaluated with enhanced sagittal cephalometry. Both clinical methods of obtaining centric relation revealed considerable variation of the condyle location within the glenoid fossa. Only 10% of the patients showed a condyle position "upward and forward" in the fossa with the leaf gauge method. In the mandibular manipulation technique of obtaining centric relation, 10% of the patients showed an "upward and rearward" position of the condyle.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois, Chicago, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Marcotte
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Freudenthaler
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hönigle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016302:Centric Relation; D002508:Cephalometry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007574:Jaw Relation Record / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008349:Manipulation, Orthopedic; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology