Repeatability of the mandibular retruded position

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Abstract
Repeatability of the centric jaw relation recorded with the 1-handed push-back technique was tested on 6 [human] subjects. Condylar positions were radiographically recorded using cold cure acrylic indices to lock the jaws in centric. This was done on 2 occasions with an interval of 1 wk between recordings. Utilizing the subtraction technique, the radiographs of these condylar positions were compared. Intraindividual differences were not found to be significant and it may be concluded that centric relation registered with the push-back technique results in accurate and consistent repositioning of the condyles in the glenoid fossa.