Category: M

Tonic contraction of the muscles of mastication that leads to limited opening of the mandibular jaw.  

Anterior movement of the mandible on opening.  

The line of fusion of the lateral halves of the body of the mandible, which splits inferiorly to form the mental protuberance. It may serve as a source for bone grafting.  

Transmandibular implant. Form of transosseous dental implant whereby a plate is fixed at the inferior border of the mandible. Retentive pins are placed partially into the inferior border with two continuous screws going transcortically and penetrating into the mouth in the canine areas and used as abutments.  

A dental implant that is placed transosteally from the inferior border of the mandible with threaded rods that pass through the anterior body of the mandible and emerge through the oral mucosa between the mental foramen.  

Movement of the mandible posteriorly by surgical or orthopedic/orthodontic means.  

Guidance of the mandible to cause closure in a predetermined, altered position.  

A record or registration of the correlation of the mandible to maxilla.  

A quadrilateral process projecting upward and backward from the posterior part of the body of the mandible, and ending on the other end at the temporomandibular joint in a saddle‐like indentation (sigmoid notch) between the coronoid and condylar processes. It may serve as a source for bone grafting.  

In cephalometrics, a plane that passes through the inferior border of the mandible.