Definitions

1. The lower jaw (which has 4 teeth, located at its tip) is longer than the upper jaw (which has no teeth); this is tru for both males and females. (Web site)
2. Its lower jaw is small and contains its huge, conical teeth (which fit into sockets in the upper jaw). (Web site)
3. The lower jaw is long and narrow with 18-25 large conical teeth that fit into sockets on the upper jaw.
4. The lower jaw is narrow, not bowed outwards as in the baleen whales, and the tongue is small. (Web site)
5. The lower jaw is gray or black on the left side and creamy white on the right side.

Jaw Joint

1. The Herbst works by moving your lower jaw forward which repositions the jaw joint.
2. In terms of this project, the articular is a bone on the lower jaw of non- and many basal mammals, and it formed part of the jaw joint.

Tmj

1. TMJ - (Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome) a missaligment of the joint connecting upper and lower jaw resulting in muscle and joint pain in the jaw area. (Web site)

Remarks

1. Remarks: Known from at least one partial lower jaw with teeth, though there may well be further specimens.

Malocclusion

1. Underbite refers to an abnormal protrusion (jutting out) of the lower jaw, leading to a malocclusion, or bad bite. (Web site)

Toothed Whales

1. Toothed whales commonly have teeth in the front of the lower jaw or in both jaws. (Web site)

Gums

1. At birth, the baby has a full set of 20 primary teeth (10 in the upper jaw, 10 in the lower jaw) hidden within the gums. (Web site)

Baleen Whales

1. Right whales are baleen whales with a bow-shaped lower jaw and a head that is up to one-quarter of the body length.

Overbite

1. The result is commonly known as "overbite" when the lower jaw extends past the upper jaw, or "underbite" when the lower jaw rests behind the upper jaw. (Web site)
2. Having buck teeth, or an overbite, means having an upper jaw, or a few upper teeth, that project ahead of the lower jaw line.

Bite

1. Over bite (parrot mouth, over shot, class two, over jet, mandibular brachygnathism) occurs when the lower jaw is shorter than the upper. (Web site)
2. Orthodontics is used when the bite, the alignment of the upper and lower jaw, needs improvement. (Web site)
3. Posterior cross bite occurs when one or more of the premolar lower jaw teeth overlap the upper jaw teeth. (Web site)

Grooves

1. Grooves run from the tip of its lower jaw to near its navel--almost half its total body length. (Web site)

Fin Whales

1. A feature that distinguishes fin whales from all other rorquals, and indeed all other cetaceans, is the asymmetrical pigmentation of the lower jaw. (Web site)

Enlargement

1. Sometimes a baby tooth doesn't come clear out, trapping the permanent tooth in the jawbone and causing an enlargement on the lower jaw. (Web site)

Forward

1. Further closing of the mouth then drives piston 5 home to the cylinder base and finally results in forward pressure which pushes the lower jaw forward. (Web site)
2. Removable bionators hold the lower jaw forward and guide tooth eruption while helping the upper and lower jaws to grow proportionately. (Web site)
3. The Herbst appliance reduces overbite by encouraging the lower jaw forward and the upper molars backward.

Backward

1. They control the lower jaw (mandible) as it moves forward, backward, and side-to-side. (Web site)

Arched

1. Male beaked whales have 2 or four tusk-like teeth (on the longe, arched lower jaw) but the females of most beaked whale species have no teeth. (Web site)
2. The arched upper jaw slightly overlaps the lower jaw.

Slightly

1. The upper jaw is arched in profile, and slightly overlaps the lower jaw.
2. The muzzle is relatively short, and the lower jaw extends slightly beyond the nose.

Fig

1. In FIG. 10 the model of the lower jaw illustrates a vacant place 35 at the front of the jaw. (Web site)
2. Fig. G—Lateral view of anterior tip of snout and lower jaw. (Web site)
3. In FIG. 12 there is a fragmentary view of a model of a lower jaw 34 of an individual. (Web site)

Figs

1. FIGS. 8a to 8f are schematic views showing an artificial tooth for a premolar for an upper jaw or a lower jaw. (Web site)

Placement

1. For Engler, the placement of her new teeth was the first she had functioning teeth in her lower jaw for 17 years.
2. The shortest time frame, including surgeries and the placement of the denture, is about five months in the lower jaw and seven months in the upper jaw.
3. In the lower jaw, success rates measured 15 years after placement are generally over 90 percent. (Web site)

Months

1. However, the general protocol that I favor is 4 months in the lower jaw and 4 months in the upper jaw.
2. Around 6 months of age, your baby's first shiny white tooth will usually appear, typically in the front center of the lower jaw. (Web site)

Three Months

1. First close up the soft tissue and wait for the blood clot to change in to bone.This takes six months for the upper jaw and three months for the lower jaw. (Web site)
2. If the implant is placed in your lower jaw, this may take three months.

Species

1. Remarks: This species is based on a fragment of lower jaw with teeth.
2. The dentition of the species is highly reduced, with males possessing one or occasionally two pairs of short teeth in the tip of the lower jaw.
3. The species in this family are similar to Typhlopidae but some species possess a single tooth in the lower jaw. (Web site)

Belly

1. Fin whales have a flattened, V-shaped head, and are black to gray with a white belly and lower jaw. (Web site)

Overdenture

1. Dentists find that this overdenture is more suited for the lower jaw compared to its fit in the upper jaw.

Missing Teeth

1. Dentures can be used to replace any number of missing teeth from one to a complete upper and lower jaw.
2. Missing teeth in the lower jaw can be replaced with dental implants. (Web site)

Anchor

1. The implant is placed in the bone of the upper or lower jaw, allowed to bond with the bone, and would serve as an anchor for the replacement teeth.
2. It can be used in either the upper or lower jaw, where it functions either as a single tooth or as an anchor for other replacement teeth.

Roots

1. The roots appear to be protruding into the eye sockets and out from the lower jaw. (Web site)

Natural Teeth

1. A partial denture can be made when one or more of your natural teeth remain in your upper or lower jaw to anchor the partial to. (Web site)
2. Complete dentures are artificial, removable replacements for the natural teeth of the upper or lower jaw or both. (Web site)
3. Partial dentures are used when one or more natural teeth remain in the upper or lower jaw.

Arch

1. Dental implants take approximately 4 months in the lower jaw and 6 months in the upper arch to integrate into the bone. (Web site)
2. The engagement between the ramp and the corresponding teeth of the opposite dental arch causes the lower jaw to move forward relative to the upper jaw. (Web site)
3. Depicted in FIG. 5 is a portion of the dental arch of a lower jaw 10 in a human mouth. (Web site)

Inner Ear

1. These sound waves enter the whale's head and may be carried as vibrations through the lower jaw to the inner ear or bulla.

Narrow

1. The narrow lower jaw is filled with 20-25 large conical teeth (which fit into sockets in the upper jaw).
2. It is typically used when the upper jaw is too narrow for the lower jaw or when the upper teeth are crowded or blocked out of the dental arch. (Web site)
3. A narrow upper jaw will often force a patient to move their lower jaw forward or to the side when closing into a stable bite.

Sides

1. The two parietal bones together make up the sides and the top of the cranium, or upper part of the skull, excluding the lower jaw. (Web site)

Tongue

1. Anesthesia of a nerve trunk that covers a large area of the jaw; a mandibular block injection produce numbness of the lower jaw, teeth, half the tongue.
2. The genioglossus 35 has points of attachment with the lower jaw 10, the tongue 20 and hyoid 15. (Web site)

Sperm Whales

1. Sperm whales have strong conical (cone-shaped) teeth on their lower jaw and only remnants of teeth in the upper jaw. (Web site)
2. Orcas have teeth in both jaws like most Odontoceti, Sperm Whales are unusual in that they only have teeth in the lower jaw. (Web site)
3. Sperm whales have 20–26 pairs of cone-shaped teeth in their lower jaw, each 8–20 cm (3–8 in) long.[5] Each tooth can weigh as much as one kilogram. (Web site)

Missing

1. Edentulous Someone is said to be edentulous when all of their teeth are missing from either their upper or lower jaw. (Web site)
2. All teeth and roots in the lower jaw are missing. (Web site)
3. Edentulous Someone is said to be edentulous whene all of their teeth are missing from either their upper or lower jaw.

Lower Teeth

1. Mandible Bone: the strongest bone of the face; it forms the lower jaw and holds the lower teeth. (Web site)
2. There are several designs all of which fit on to both the upper and lower teeth and hold the lower jaw forward.
3. An underbite occurs when the lower jaw protrudes further than the upper jaw, causing a misalignment between the upper and lower teeth.

Adult Humans

1. Adult humans have eight incisors, located at the front of the mouth-four in the upper jaw and four in the lower jaw.

Males

1. They have a beak shaped nose and most species have only a pair of teeth that erupt in the lower jaw of males. (Web site)
2. There was no significant difference in the mean number of tooth loss between the upper and lower jaw, and between males and females. (Web site)
3. Beaked whales are small to medium-sized whales with long, pointed snouts and, in males, two to four protruding teeth on the lower jaw. (Web site)

Palate

1. The maxillary process becomes the maxilla (or upper jaw), and palate while the mandibular process becomes the lower jaw. (Web site)
2. Common bony protuberance on the palate or lower jaw.
3. Taurus rules the neck, throat, palate, larynx and tonsils, lower jaw, ears, and occipital region etc. (Web site)

Parallel Rows

1. The lower jaw holds approximately 50 rounded teeth in two parallel rows, each tooth weighing over a kilogram.

Artificial Tooth Root

1. FIG. 8 illustrates an artificial tooth root for a premolar for an upper jaw or a lower jaw. (Web site)

Cuspid

1. FIGS. 7a to 7f are schematic views showing an artificial tooth root for an incisor for a lower jaw and a cuspid. (Web site)
2. FIG. 7 illustrates an artificial tooth root for a cuspid and an incisor for a lower jaw. (Web site)

Dorsal Fin

1. They are robust-bodied, dark-colored animals with no dorsal fin and a strongly bowed lower jaw and narrow upper jaw.
2. Rorquals can be distinguished by having both a dorsal fin and ventral pleats running from the tip of the lower jaw back to the belly area.

Underdeveloped

1. Their chin or mandible (lower jaw) may appear to jut out or, in contrast, may appear to be underdeveloped.
2. The lower jaw appears to be excessively large, but often the upper jaw is underdeveloped. (Web site)

Front Teeth

1. Torus: A bony elevation or protuberance of normal bone, Usually seen on the upper palate behind the front teeth or under the tongue inside the lower jaw. (Web site)

Forward Position

1. The lower jaw grows into a forward position, protruding out beyond the upper teeth.

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3. Medicine > Anatomy > Mouth > Teeth
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