RESUMO
This second part of a four-part series concerned with the development of nonanatomic denture occlusion follows nonanatomic tooth design from the time of Victor Sears' first nonanatomic tooth patent through the mid-1930s. Many of the designs featured in this series exhibit genius, while others are pure nonsense. Sears claimed that a new nonanatomic tooth design appeared every 9 months on average during the first 30 years of nonanatomic tooth production. Many current nonanatomic tooth patents are further refinements of those earlier designs. Part II reviews pioneering designs that appeared during the first dozen or so years of this paradigm shift in denture occlusion philosophy.
Assuntos
Articuladores Dentários/história , Planejamento de Dentadura/história , Dente Artificial/história , Dente/anatomia & histologia , Articuladores Dentários/tendências , Oclusão Dentária , Oclusão Dentária Balanceada , Planejamento de Dentadura/tendências , Prótese Total/história , Prótese Total/tendências , Dentaduras/história , Dentaduras/tendências , História do Século XX , Humanos , Mastigação , Dente Artificial/tendências , Estados UnidosRESUMO
Part III of this four-part series about nonanatomic denture tooth development traces the evolution of this movement from the mid-1930s through the World War II era up to the early 1950s. By this time, the general preference for posterior denture occlusion had shifted from anatomic to nonanatomic teeth, and all the major denture tooth manufacturing companies listed at least one nonanatomic design in their inventories.