Balancing side occlusal contacts in young people: are they functional?

• Autor(a) principal: Camargo, Maite André
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Capp, Claudia Inês, Castanho, Gisela Muassab, Roda, Maria Inez, Cara, Antonio Alberto de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista odonto ciência (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/fo/article/view/2447
• topic: dental occlusion; balanced dental occlusion; mastication; Occlusion; dental contacts

An important factor in occlusion study is related to the correct balancing-side contacts detection, its intensity and location. This study intended to evaluate balancing-side contacts occurrence in 30 young people, during mastication, using a mixture of varnish and zinc cement powder. Twenty-three young people or 76.67% of the participants showed bilateral balancingside contacts, normal or interferent. Considering only the normal contacts, it means, the ones which did not exceed working-side contacts intensity, 50% of the participants showed bilateral contacts, 6.67% showed unilateral contacts on the right side and 20% showed unilateral contacts on the left side. The functional methodology used in balancing-side contact detection denoted its presence clearly and accurately, comparatively to the carbon paper method. The results allowed us to conclude that balancing-side contacts in young people are a frequent finding. UNITERMS: dental occlusion; balanced dental occlusion; mastication.