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DEVELOPMENT OF ARCHES
CONTENTS
• MASTICATION
• DEGLUTITION
• RESPIRATION
• SPEECH
• PASSIVE MUSCLE FUNCTION
Mastication
• Patients with severe malocclusion often have difficulty in
normal mastication, not so much in being able to chew their
food but in being able to do so in a socially acceptable manner.
1. Preparatory phase
2. Food contact
3. Crushing phase
4. Tooth contact
5. Guiding phase
6. Centric occlusion
Swallowing
• Normal Infantile swallow