What to look for?
Part 3 of 3:
Signs (intra-oral)
- Crowded lower anterior teeth
- Wear of lower anterior teeth
- Lingual inclination of lower anterior teeth
- Lingual inclination of upper anterior teeth (Div. II occlusion)
- Bicuspid drop off
- Depressed Curve of Spee
- Lingually tipped lower posteriors
- Narrow mandibular arch
- Narrow maxillary arch (high palatal vault)
- Midline discrepancy
- Malrelated dental arches
- Tooth mobility
- Flared upper anterior teeth
- Facets
- Cervical erosion (abfractions)
- Locked upper buccal cusps
- Fractured cusps (particularly CL. I & II non-functional cusps)
- Chipped anterior teeth
- Loss of molars
- Open interproximal contacts
- Unexplained gingival inflammation and hypertrophy
- Cross-bite
- Anterior open bite
- Anterior tongue thrust
- Lateral tongue thrust
- Scalloping of the lateral border of the tongue
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