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SUMMARY This study investigated the relationship occlusion (57%) and most of the subjects had no
between static and dynamic occlusion in school posterior contact in protrusive movement (78%).
children. A total of 447 subjects, within an age range There was an association between canine guidance
of 14–17 years with no history of orthodontic treat- with class II static occlusion. Statistically, a signifi-
ment or trauma to the teeth were included in this cant relationship was found between the dynamic
study. Static occlusion was determined for both and static occlusion of the incisor (P < 0Æ001) but not
incisal and molar relationship. Dynamic occlusion with the molar (P > 0Æ05).
was determined in lateral and protrusive move- KEYWORDS: static occlusion, dynamic occlusion, lat-
ments of the mandible. The majority of the subjects eral excursion, protrusion
had class I static occlusion for both incisor and molar
relationship (45 and 54%, respectively). Canine- Accepted for publication 12 March 2003
guided occlusion was the dominant type of dynamic
as the methods used to examine the occlusion could be Class II The lower incisor edges lie posterior to the
the reason for the differences in the results of these (div. 2) cingulum plateau of the upper incisors. Upper
studies. Therefore, there is a need for further studies to incisors are retroclined and overjet is usually
evaluate the static and dynamic occlusion in a large minimal but may be increased
number of randomly chosen subjects who had no Class III The lower incisor edges lie anterior to the cingulum
plateau of the upper incisors. The overjet is reduced
previous treatment that could affect the occlusal rela-
or reversed
tionship. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate
the relationship between static and dynamic occlusion
in 14–17-year-old school children.
Molar occlusion. Molar occlusion was defined as follows
(1):
Materials and methods
Class I The mesio-buccal cusp of the lower first molar
Sample occludes between the mesio-buccal cusp of the
upper first molar and the buccal cusp of the
This investigation was carried out on 447 Jordanian second premolar
school pupils, aged 14–17 years. There were 146 males Class II The mesio-buccal cusp of the lower first molar
and 301 females. The inclusion criteria were: the occludes between the two buccal cusps of the
presence of the 28 natural permanent teeth (excluding upper first molar
the third molars); no prior orthodontic treatment; no Class III The mesio-buccal cusp of the lower first molar
occludes anteriorly to the buccal cusp of the
history of trauma or fractured teeth; no large restora-
upper second premolar
tions that included the incisal edge or one or more
cusps.
Half- and quarter-unit class II or class III were
recorded as class II or class III, respectively.
Examination of occlusion
the other working side and no contacts on the non- Table 1. Distribution of subjects to the types of static occlusion
working sides. for incisor and molar relationship
Protrusive occlusion. Subjects were asked to bite in the Incisor relationship Class I 202 (45)
Class II (div. 1) 89 (20)
intercuspal position, and to perform a protrusive
Class II (div. 2) 76 (17)
movement of the mandible up to edge-to-edge contact Class III 80 (18)
of the anterior teeth. The contact between the anterior
Molar relationship Class I 239 (54)
teeth and the posterior teeth, if there were any, were
Class II 129 (29)
recorded and the occlusion was classified as follows: Class III 13 (3)
1. Anterior contact with posterior disocclusion in Asymmetric R/L 66 (15)
protrusion.
2. Anterior contact with unilateral or bilateral posterior the subjects had class I for both incisor and molar
contact in protrusion. relationships.
3. No anterior contact with unilateral or bilateral
posterior contact in protrusion.
Before examination of the occlusion, the examiner Dynamic occlusion
explained and demonstrated all the movements of the Table 2 shows the distribution of subjects in relation to
mandible (lateral excursions and protrusion) so that dynamic occlusion (lateral and protrusion). In lateral
each subject understood what he/she had to do. The excursion, the majority of the subjects had canine-
second author (E.S.J.A. – Orthodontist) carried out all guided occlusion. In protrusive excursion, most of the
the examinations of the static occlusion and the first subjects had contact on the anterior teeth with the
author (A.S.A. – Restorative Dentist) carried out all the posterior teeth excluded.
examinations of the dynamic occlusion.
Table 3. Distribution (%) of dynamic occlusion types (lateral and protrusion) in relation to the static occlusion types of the incisor
relationship
Class I 114 (56) 25 (12) 45 (22) 18 (9) 202 (100) 176 (87) 22 (11) 4 (2) 202 (100)
Class II (div. 1) 60 (67) 10 (11) 7 (8) 12 (14) 89 (100) 63 (71) 17 (19) 9 (10) 89 (100)
Class II (div. 2) 62 (82) 6 (8) 6 (8) 2 (3) 76 (100) 75 (99) 1 (1) 0 (0) 76 (100)
Class III 17 (21) 16 (20) 18 (23) 29 (36) 80 (100) 36 (45) 40 (50) 4 (5) 80 (100)
Total 253 (57) 57 (13) 76 (17) 61 (14) 447 (100) 350 (78) 80 (18) 17 (4) 447 (100)
excursion among the different static occlusal incisor Static molar occlusion versus lateral dynamic occlu-
relationship (P < 0Æ001) (Table 3). sion. Although canine guidance was dominant in all
types of static molar relationship and its prevalence was
Static incisor occlusion versus protrusive dynamic occlu- more associated with class II molars, the chi-square test
sion. Most of the subjects in class I and II (div. 1 and 2) showed no significant differences in the distribution of
incisors had anterior contact with complete posterior the dynamic occlusal relationship in lateral excursion
teeth disocclusion in protrusive movements of the among the different static occlusal molar relationship
mandible. While for those subjects with class III incisors, (P > 0Æ05) (Table 4).
50% had anterior teeth contact associated with contact in
posterior teeth. Chi-square test showed significant dif- Static molar occlusion versus protrusive dynamic occlu-
ferences in the distribution of the dynamic occlusal sion. The majority of the subjects in all types of static
relationship in protrusion among the different static occlusion molar relationship had anterior teeth contacts
occlusal incisors relationship (P < 0Æ001) (Table 3). with complete posterior teeth disocclusion in protrusive
2 Static molar occlusion versus dynamic occlusion movements of the mandible. Chi-square test showed no
Table 4. Distribution (%) of dynamic occlusion types (lateral and protrusion) in relation to the static occlusion types of the molar
relationship
Class I 121 (51) 34 (14) 49 (21) 35 (15) 239 (100) 186 (78) 46 (19) 7 (3) 239 (100)
Class II 87 (67) 14 (11) 13 (10) 15 (12) 129 (100) 103 (80) 21 (16) 5 (4) 129 (100)
Class III 5 (39) 2 (15) 4 (31) 2 (15) 13 (100) 8 (62) 4 (31) 1 (8) 13 (100)
Asymmetric R/L 40 (61) 7 (11) 10 (15) 9 (14) 66 (100) 53 (80) 9 (14) 4 (6) 66 (100)
Total 253 (57) 57 (13) 76 (17) 61 (14) 447 (100) 350 (78) 80 (18) 17 (4) 447 (100)
significant differences in the distribution of the dynamic high prevalence of canine guidance (unilateral or bilat-
occlusal relationship in protrusion among the different eral) in their subjects (12, 24). However, other studies
static occlusal molar relationship (P > 0Æ05) (Table 4). have reported the dominance of group function (10, 13).
The difference in findings between the two latter studies
and our study could be due to the difference in the age
Discussion
groups as our subjects were much younger. It is a well-
documented fact that tooth wear is correlated with age or
Subjects under investigation
more strictly speaking with the length of time that teeth
The 14–17-year age group was chosen for this study, have been exposed to occlusal function (25–30).
because at this age all the permanent teeth (excluding the We found that only 61 subjects (14%) had non-
third molars) are erupted and if older subjects had been working-side contact in contrast to previous reports
chosen the occlusal relationship might have been affec- which reported that the majority of subjects had non-
ted by tooth wear (14, 18, 21–23). The fact that the working-side contact (16, 17, 19, 22, 31). The younger
number of male subjects was much lower than female age of the subjects in our study could be the reason for
subjects was due to the willingness of the latter to take this difference in the results. Furthermore, it was
part in this study. Nevertheless, there were no significant observed that most of our subjects with non-working-
differences in the data between male and female subjects, side contact (61 subjects) had either a group function
therefore the data was pooled and analysed together. (38 subjects) or mixed occlusion (17 subjects), with
only six subjects of canine guidance occlusion. This
supports the hypothesis that canine guidance is far less
Examination of occlusion
likely to be associated with occlusal interferences on the
Tooth contact was confirmed using shimstock as it is non-working side than group function due to the
thought to be more accurate than the other methods steeply inclined palatal surface of the canine (4).
that have been used previously such as impression The majority of our subjects (78%) had no posterior
materials, occlusal indicator wax, articulating paper and contact between the teeth in protrusive movement of the
dental floss (4, 16, 19). mandible. The prevalence of subjects who had posterior
contact combined with anterior contact was found to be
18%. The 17 subjects (4%) who had only posterior
Static occlusion
contact and no anterior contact at all were those subjects
The prevalence of class II in the current study, namely with anterior open bite, and thus anterior tooth-to-tooth
29% for molar and 37% for incisor (20% div. 1 and contact was impossible. The low prevalence of posterior
17% div. 2), was much higher than that found by teeth contact in protrusion in this study is in agreement
Tipton and Rinchuse (19) (15Æ8%). The prevalence of with results reported by Madone and Ingervall (32) and
class III was only 3% for molar and 18% for incisor in Ingervall et al. (14). On the other hand, Sadowsky and
the current study compared with 6Æ9% in the study by BeGole (31) and Sadowsky and Polson (33) found a
Tipton and Rinchuse (19). The differences found may different prevalence of posterior tooth contact in protru-
be because the number of subjects in our study was sion in a similar population of orthodontic patients, 50%
much greater than that of Tipton and Rinchuse (19) of the subjects were reported to have posterior tooth
and as they classified occlusion by Angle’s classification, contact in the first study compared with 20% in the
which is based on molar relationship only. Further- second study. This variations in the results was suggested
more, the prevalence of the type of occlusion may vary by the authors to be caused by the difference in the
from one racial group to another. technique used by different examiners.
From the 447 subjects in this study, 253 (57%) had For the relationship between static and dynamic
canine guidance and 76 (17%) had mixed occlusion of occlusion the results showed that canine guidance
which one side was canine guided. Our findings are in was associated with class II (for both molar and incisor
agreement with previous reports which also showed a relationship) followed by class I and was least associated
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