[The contribution of cephalometry in the determination of the reference occlusal plane in complete edentulousness]

A C N'Dindin; B A N'Dindin-Guinan; J C Guinan; J Lescher

[The contribution of cephalometry in the determination of the reference occlusal plane in complete edentulousness]

Odontostomatol Trop. 2000 Sep;23(91):31-7.

[Article in French]

Authors

A C N'Dindin¹, B A N'Dindin-Guinan, J C Guinan, J Lescher

Affiliation

¹ Département de Prothèse, U.F.R. d'Odonto-Stomatologie d'Abidjan-22 BP 612 Abidjan 22 Côte d'Ivoire.

PMID: 11372133

Abstract

Failure or success of complete prosthesis essentially depends on the step of occlusal plane's determination. There are many proposals made by many authors. The contribution of piezography and cephalometric radiography could bring more accuracy in the determination of occlusal plane.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Cephalometry* / methods
Cephalometry* / statistics & numerical data
Confidence Intervals
Dental Occlusion*
Denture Design
Denture, Complete
Humans
Jaw Relation Record
Mouth, Edentulous / pathology*
Normal Distribution
Statistics, Nonparametric