title: Where to treat? Is the habitual bite the best functional bite relationship?
abstract: One important consideration for any dental treatment involves evaluating the relationship of the mandible to the maxilla. Is the habitual bite that the patient possesses the best functional bite? There are a multiplicity of factors that must be considered in this evaluation before the doctor determines whether to treat to the patient's habitual bite position, or should a better bite position be determined.
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authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D006801:Humans; D007574:Jaw Relation Record; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008334:Mandible / Q000502:physiology; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D008437:Maxilla / Q000502:physiology; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000379:methods*; D011434:Proprioception; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology