Question 136 · LDEK · Occlusion

The scheme of mutually protected articulation is defined by:

  1. A. protection of jaw movements during speech.
  2. B. type of occlusion.
  3. C. induction of horizontal forces during chewing in the lateral teeth.
  4. D. an oblique load on the teeth.
  5. E. all the above.
Hint

Mutual protection describes how anterior and posterior teeth share roles in centric and eccentric contacts; is it a concept of speech, of forces or of occlusion?

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