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    This document describes three types of primary occlusions in dentition: 1) flush terminal plane occlusion where the mandibular and maxillary molars and canines are flush, 2) mesial step occlusion where the mandibular molars are mesial to the maxillary molars and the canines have a class I relationship, and 3) distal step occlusion where the mandibular molars are distal to the maxillary molars and the canines have a class II relationship.

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    This document describes three types of primary occlusions in dentition: 1) flush terminal plane occlusion where the mandibular and maxillary molars and canines are flush, 2) mesial step occlusion where the mandibular molars are mesial to the maxillary molars and the canines have a class I relationship, and 3) distal step occlusion where the mandibular molars are distal to the maxillary molars and the canines have a class II relationship.

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    Pinkham, J., Et Al. Pediatric Dentistry Infancy Through Adolescence. St. Louis, Missouri.2005

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    This document describes three types of primary occlusions in dentition: 1) flush terminal plane occlusion where the mandibular and maxillary molars and canines are flush, 2) mesial step occlusion where the mandibular molars are mesial to the maxillary molars and the canines have a class I relationship, and 3) distal step occlusion where the mandibular molars are distal to the maxillary molars and the canines have a class II relationship.

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    A,Intheprimarydentition,anocclusionisclassifiedaccordingtotherelationshipofthe

    mandibularsecondmolarsandcaninestothemaxillarysecondmolarsandcanines.Inthis
    example,thedistalsurfaceofthemandibularsecondmolarisflushwiththedistalsurfaceofthe
    maxillarysecondmolar.Thisprimarymolarrelationshipiscalledflushterminalplane.Thelong
    axisofthemandibularcanineiscoincidentwiththelongaxisofthemaxillarycanine.Thisis
    describedasanendtoendcaninerelationship.B,Inthisexample,thedistalsurfaceofthe
    mandibularmolarismesialtothedistalsurfaceofthemaxillarymolar.Thisprimarymolar
    relationshipistermedmesialstep.Themaxillarycanineispositionedintheembrasurebetween
    themandibularcanineandthefirstmolar.ThisisdescribedasaclassIcaninerelationship.C,In
    thisexample,thedistalsurfaceofthemandibularmolarisdistaltothedistalsurfaceofthe
    maxillarymolar.Thisprimarymolarrelationshipiscalleddistalstep.Themaxillarycanineis
    positionedintheembrasurebetweenthemandibularcanineandthelateralincisor.Thisis
    describedasaclassIIcaninerelationship.
    Source:Pinkham,J.,etal.PediatricDentistryInfancythroughAdolescence.St.Louis,Missouri.2005

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