The canine function theory of occlusion (a clinical study)

PLEASE NOTE: This work is protected by copyright. Downloading is restricted to the BU community: please click Download and log in with a valid BU account to access. If you are the author of this work and would like to make it publicly available, please contact open-help@bu.edu.Thesis (M.Sc.D.)--Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry, 1967.Bibliography included.A great controversy exists within the dental profession concerning the various concepts of occlusion. Conscientious followers of each concept claim that their theory is the normal, functional relation of the natural teeth of man. However, little investigative work of the direct clinical effects of these occlusion theories on the natural dentition, has been done. Thus, their opinions have not been substantiated, either pro or con. This study was developed in an attempt to lessen the present-day disagreement. The canine function theory of occlusion [superscript 1],,as one example of these concepts, was examined with the following three- fold purpose in mind: 1. to determine the incidence of the canine function theory of occlusion; 2. to determine the direct clinical effects, if any, of canine function on the periodontium of the canines and on the periodontium of the posterior teeth; 3. to determine the direct clinical effects, if any, of canine function on the canines and the posterior teeth, themselves. [TRUNCATED