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condylar guidance inclination — condylar guide inclination the angle of inclination of the condylar guidance to an accepted horizontal plane … Medical dictionary
guidance — 1. The act of guiding. 2. A guide. condylar g. the mechanical device on an articulator which is intended to produce g. in articulator movement, similar to those produced by the paths of the condyles in the temporomandibular joints. SEE ALSO:… … Medical dictionary
condylar guide — see under guidance … Medical dictionary
guide — 1. To lead in a set course. 2. Any device or instrument by which another is led into its proper course, e.g., a grooved director, a catheter g.. [M.E., fr. O.Fr. guier, to show the way, fr. Germanic] anterior g. SYN: incisal g.. catheter g. a… … Medical dictionary
inclination — 1. A leaning or sloping. 2. In dentistry, deviation of the long axis of a tooth from the perpendicular. SYN: inclinatio [TA], version (3). [L. inclinatio, a leaning] condylar guidance i. the angle of i. of the condylar … Medical dictionary
Articulator — An Articulator is a mechanical device used in dentistry to which casts of the maxillary (upper) and mandibular (lower) teeth are fixed and reproduces recorded positions of the mandible in relation to the maxilla. An articulator assists in the… … Wikipedia
