This review highlights key concepts in gnathology and their application to rehabilitation medicine, indicating interdisciplinary connections.
This review summarizes the fundamental principles of modern gnathology, viewed as an interdisciplinary field connecting the classical gnathological foundations with modern rehabilitation medicine and other fields. It mainly focuses on Panjabi´s stabilization subsystems, functional curvatures of structures, relations of soft and hard tissue, balance of forces, equilibration of movement apparatus, phenomenon of extreme, crucial role of axis vertebra, Rocabado tricentric concept, circular pattern of movement, dorsoventral approach, relation of articular components, functional units, biological reaction, cervico-cranio-mandibular dynamics and origin of craniomandibular pain.
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