| 单词 | to jump the bite |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto jump the bite d. to jump the bite (Dentistry): to correct a faulty occlusion or ‘bite’, esp. one due to a retracted mandible, by bringing the mandible forward as a whole. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > practise dentistry [verb (intransitive)] > correct bite to jump the bite1877 1877 N. W. Kingsley in Missouri Dental Jrnl. June 237 The object was not to protrude the lower teeth, but to change or jump the bite in the case of an excessive retreating lower jaw. 1901 M. A. Smale & J. F. Colyer Dis. & Injuries Teeth (ed. 2) iv. 158 If..the patient can be made to acquire the permanent habit of bringing the mandible forward so as to make the teeth articulate normally, the bite will have been ‘jumped’. 1951 J. M. Schweitzer Oral Rehabilitation xxxv. 830 Nearly 80 years ago Class II, Division 1 (Angle), cases were treated by ‘jumping the bite’... An attempt was made to reposition the mandible in an anteroposterior as well as a vertical and lateral direction. < as lemmas |
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