Dental Malocclusions
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Neutroclusion – Class 1 Malocclusion (MAL1):
A normal rostrocaudal relationship of the maxillary and mandibular dental arches with malposition of one or more individual teeth.
Distoversion(MAL1/DV) describes a tooth that is in its anatomically correct position in the dental arch but which is abnormally angled in a distal direction.
Mesioversion (MAL1/MV) describes a tooth that is in its anatomically correct position in the dental arch but which is abnormally angled in a mesial direction.
Linguoversion (MAL1/LV) describes a tooth that is in its anatomically correct position in the dental arch but which is abnormally angled in a lingual direction.
Palatoversion (MAL1/PV) describes a tooth that is in its anatomically correct position in the dental arch but which is abnormally angled in a palatal direction.
Labioversion (MAL1/LABV) describes an incisor or canine tooth that is in its anatomically correct position in the dental arch but which is abnormally angled in a labial direction.
Buccoversion (MAL1/BV) describes a premolar or molar tooth that is in its anatomically correct position in the dental arch but which is abnormally angled in a buccal direction.
Crossbite (CB) describes a malocclusion in which a mandibular tooth or teeth have a more buccal or labial position than the antagonist maxillary tooth. It can be classified as rostral or caudal:
In rostral crossbite (CB/R): One or more of the mandibular incisor teeth is labial to the opposing maxillary incisor teeth when the mouth is closed. Similar to posterior crossbite in human terminology.
In caudal crossbite (CB/C): One or more of the mandibular cheek teeth is buccal to the opposing maxillary cheek teeth when the mouth is closed. Similar to posterior crossbite in human terminology.