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FACE OCCLUSALE [1 record]

Record 1 1991-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Mouth
  • Dentistry
DEF

The anatomic superior surface of the mandibular posterior teeth and the inferior surface of the maxillary posterior teeth. These surfaces are limited mesially and distally by marginal ridges and buccally and lingually by the buccal and lingual boundaries of the cusp eminences.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cavité buccale
  • Dentisterie
CONT

On considère comme faces occlusales, les faces dentaires qui ont des contacts avec les dents antagonistes lors des divers mouvements mandibulaires, à savoir : - faces inférieures des prémolaires et molaires supérieures; - faces supérieures des prémolaires et molaires inférieures; [et] - tiers incisif des faces palatines des incisives et canines supérieures et des faces vestibulaires des incisives et canines inférieures.

Key term(s)
  • face masticatrice

Spanish

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