JAW RELATION

Why to Record the Jaw Relations ?

To establish and maintain a harmonious relationship with all oral structures and to provide a masticatory apparatus that is efficient and esthetically acceptable.

Clinical guidelines

Jaw Relation Records A Review Orientation Jaw relation: Face bow Registration. Vertical Jaw Relations:
Rest Vertical Dimension RVD Occlusion Vertical Dimension OVD

Horizontal Jaw Relations:

Centric Relation Centric Occlusion Eccentric Relations Protrusive relation Lt & Rt Lateral relations

The Face-bow / Ear-bow

is an instrument used to record the spatial relationship of the maxilla to some anatomic reference (transverse horizontal axis) and then transfer this relationship to an articulator.

The registration obtained by means of a face-bow is called a face-bow record.

Vertical Jaw Relation

The vertical distance between two selected points, one on the fixed (maxilla) and one on the movable member (mandible).

Vertical Jaw Relations Rest Vertical Dimension RVD Occlusion Vertical Dimension OVD Inter-occlusal Distance / Free way Space

Rest Vertical Dimension (RVD) Is the distance measured when the mandible is in the rest position.
Occlusal vertical Dimension (OVD) Is the distance measured when the occluding rims or teeth are in contact.

Inter-occlusal Distance
The distance between the occluding surfaces of maxillary and mandibular teeth when the mandible is in the rest position.
For a complete denture patient, it is the difference between RVD and OVD. RVD OVD = 4 mm or RVD 4 mm = OVD

Inter-occlusal Distance
In natural dentition it ranges from 2-4 mm in the premolar area - the Freeway Space.

Freeway space

Horizontal Jaw Relation

Centric Relation

the most retruded position of the mandible to maxilla at an established OVD. It is a bone to bone relation that is repeatable by the patient. It remains constant throughout life & during its recording cuspal relation of the teeth is not considered.

The maxillo-mandibular relationship in which the condyles articulate with the thinnest avascular portion of their respective disks, with the complex in the anterior-superior position against the slopes of the articular eminences.

To record this position, the mandible is directed superiorly and anteriorly restricted to a purely rotary movement about a transverse horizontal axis.

Skeletal jaw relation

Class I relation Class II relation Class III relation

CLASS I RELATION

CLASS II RELATION

CLASS III RELATION