Condylography: Recording and Analysis

Condylography as part of a systematic functional analysis

Program:

• Systematic functional analysis (CFA)
• Anatomical structures and occlusal functions
• Definition of "function", "dysfunction" and "impaired function"
• The treatment strategy. The role of condylography in this strategy
• The role of condylography in the oral rehabilitation.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 15 min

Principles of the condylographic recording

Program:

Movements of the lower jaw:

• Protrusionretrusionmediotrusion and laterotrusionopening movement
• Closing movementfree movements
• Tooth-guided movementsmanipulated movements
• Functional movements
• Special movements.

Special signals and artifacts in condylography.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 22 min

Application of condylography. Part 1

Program:

• Paraocclusal clutch
• Adjustment and stabilizing of the upper facebow
• Determination of the anterior orientation point of the axis-orbital plane
• The lower bow
• Positioning of the styli
• Recording the rotation of the hinge axis
• Geometry of the recording systems, possible artifacts.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 14 min

Application of condylography. Part 2

Program:

• Condylographic data for occlusal design and functional analysis
• Macroscopic anatomy of the TMJ
• Orientation of the TMJ in centric relation
• The cranio-mandibular system
• Clinical evaluation of the TMJ
• Occlusal index
• Four physiologic end-feels
• Hard inelastic end feel (hard end-point).

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 25 min

Hinge axis versus rotational axis of the mandible

Program:

• Degrees of freedom and rotational axes of the TMJ
• Orientation of the condyles and fossae
• Cross-section of fossa and articular eminence
• Definition of the hinge axis
• Movements of the hinge axis.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 14 min

Dynamic of the mediotrusive condyle

Program:

• Movement inwards - mediotrusion
• The mediotrusive condyle
• Bennet movement: description by Bennet and condylographic record
• Immediate side shift - abrupt initial movement to the side.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 16 min

Dynamic of the laterotrusive condyle

Program:

• Laterotrusion
• Working side and non-working side
• Laterotrusive side in condylography
• Examples of typical latreotrusive condylographic recordings.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 13 min

The coordinate system

Program:

• Sagittal, horizontal and frontal planes
• Coordinate system
• Movements of the hinge axis and the incision inferius.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 12 min

Recording of the condylographic movements: free, guided, manipulated, functions

Program:

• Condylographic recording
• Recording with the Cadiax® System. Sequence. Protocol for initial diagnostics
• Visual control during recording
• Goal of precise recording. Optimal analytic possibilities.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 25 min

Determination of the hinge axis and definition of the reference position

Program:

• Terminal hinge (axis) location
• Definition
• Location
• Determination
• Reference (RP) and therapeutic (ThP) position.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 16 min

The importance of the axis-orbital plane as reference

Program:

• Historical review of axiography
• What is pantograph
• Reference plane of articulation system
• Transfering hinge axis into articulator.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 11 min

Condylography and the so-called chewing muscles

Program:

• Chewing muscles
• M.masetter
• M.temporalis
• M.pterygiodeus lateralis and medialis
• M.pterygiodeus lateralis, caput inferius
• M.digastricus and suprahyiodale muscles
• Relationships with condylography.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 15 min

Basic procedure for describing a condylography

Program:

• Systematic description of a condylography
• Description and analysis in relation to the coordinate system
• An analysis process.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 14 min

The quantity. Part 1

Program:

• Normal values for parameter quantity
• Quantity length in the sagittal view
• Quantity of the free movement
• Quantity of the protrusion. Parameters for opening and mediotrusion
• Quantity general or partial reduced
• Quantity and skeletal Class 3
• Quantity and radius of the trajectory
• Wording.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 9 min

The quantity. Part 2

Program:

• Good, average and bad quality
• Excellent quality
• Very poor quality
• Wording.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 07 min

The characteristic

Program:

• Terminology and definitions
• Concave, straight, convex and changing characteristic
• Physiological characteristic
• Changing characteristic: initial convexity
• Changing characteristic: sectors with different radius
• Similar characteristics with different inclinations
• Wording.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 13 min

Analysis of start and end point in relation to the reference point

Program:

• Stability and instability of the TMJ
• Positions of the TMJ
• Quality of recording
• Start and endpoint. Difference from reference position
• Wording.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 15 min

Description of the coincidence of excursion and incursion

Program:

• Excursive and incursive movements
• Separation movements
• Assessment criteria for minor separations
• Typical separations
• Wording.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 14 min

Description of the coincidence of different orbits

Program:

• Protrusion, opening and mediotrusion
• The Fisher angle
• Coincidence of the movements in the middle section
• Wording.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 11 min

Analysis of the symmetry in the right-left comparison

Program:

• Anatomical and dysfunctional asymmetries
• A right-left condylographic symmetry
• Asymmetry of protrusion
• Asymmetry of the Bennet movements
• Asymmetry of functional movements
• Protrusive bruxing
• Speech and chewing
• Condylographic asymmetries
• Wording.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 15 min

Description of special signals

Program:

• Basic assumption of the condylography
• Description of special findings and special signals
• Special condylographic signals possible related to joint noises
• Special signals to be recognized during the description of a condylography
• Special signals in condylography and therapeutic indications
• Special signals in condylography that indicate disturbed movement dynamics
• Dynamic analysis of condylography.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 21 min

Analysis of the so-called Bennett movement

Program:

• The Bennet movement. Different definitions
• The Bennet angle
• Fisher angle
• Separation of protrusion and mediotrusion in condylography
• Description of the Bennet movement in condylography
• Mandibular lateral translation
• Transversal position changes
• Analysis and description of the Bennet movement
• Transversal movements
• Therapeutic effects.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 27 min

The key figures of SCI and TCI

Program:

• Condylography and articulator
• Reference plane and coordinate system
• Arcon articulators
• Non-arcon articulators
• SCI parameter
• TCI parameter
• Sagittal characteristic.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 18 min

Case studies for systematic description

Program:

• Protrusion and retrusion on the condylography
• Opening and closing on the condylography
• Mediotrusion on the condylography
• Free and manipulated movements difference
• Wording.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Duration: 21 min