(1) Posterior retruded prematurities may function as traumatizing areas and may loosen anterior bridges.
(2) The patients with a high AI and low BMI ratio had retruded mandibles with high mandibular plane angles and proclined lower incisors.
(3) In isolated cleft palate both the upper and lower jaws were retruded.
(4) In all of the individuals there was lateral deviation between the retruded contact position and the intercuspal position.
(5) Binder's syndrome or maxillonasal dysplasia is a malformation characterized by an extremely flat and retruded nose.
(6) The postoperative appearance of lack of ability to retrude the corner of the mouth, in someone who had a "full denture" smile preoperatively, could possibly be due to severance or stretching of the rami of the cervical branch of the facial nerve--rather than an injury of the facial nerve of the marginal mandibular branch.
(7) The indication for a quadrangular osteotomy includes a hypoplastic maxilla with retruded infra-orbital rims and infra-orbital area, but with normal nose projection.
(8) Contact relations between the teeth in the lower and upper jaws in the retruded position and on the nonfunctional side were investigated in two different age groups with mean ages of 15 and 22 years, respectively.
(9) The displacement of the idling condyle was multi-directional when clenching on the habitual closure whereas it was unidirectional and of a smaller magnitude when clenching on the most retruded closure.
(10) The results showed that because of its good reproducibility the retruded position of the mandible can be recommended as a reference position in functional analysis of occlusion and for jaw recordings also in patients with TMJ muscle-pain dysfunction symptoms.
(11) Pogonion was retruded 9.3 mm on the average by surgery.
(12) Series of 35 cycles were recorded to intercuspal position, against flat occlusal splints constructed in intercuspal raised and retruded positions, and against splints with occlusal stops in a retruded position.
(13) The relation between the retruded (RCP) and the intercuspal (ICP) mandibular positions was recorded with wax bites and dental casts mounted in a modified gnathothesiometer.
(14) Retruded contact position was both uncomfortable and unstable.
(15) The effect of the treatment of Angle Class II, Division 2 malocclusion was studied in 22 children by x-ray cephalometry and by recording the relation between the retruded and the intercuspal mandibular positions.
(16) Myogenic CMD patients had more interferences in retruded position on the symptomatic side and more tender neck and shoulder muscles.
(17) TMJ sounds were positively correlated with lateral deviation of the mandible between retruded contact and intercuspal position in all age groups.
(18) The measurement data document the variability of the retruded centric relation position according to the different amounts of applied retrusive force.
(19) The retruded maxilla in the Class III skeletal pattern could be effectively corrected with the protraction facemask in selected cases.
(20) When this correlation does not exist, the centric relation is ""dysfunctional'' and the terminal hinge position (retruded mandibular position) should not be used for restorative or corrective procedures.
Thrust
Definition:
(n. & v.) Thrist.
(imp. & p. p.) of Thrust
(v. t.) To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.
(v. t.) To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through.
(v. i.) To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.
(v. i.) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
(v. i.) To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude.
(n.) A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; -- a word much used as a term of fencing.
(n.) An attack; an assault.
(n.) The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them.
(n.) The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.
Example Sentences:
(1) Students are assigned to tutorial groups, and much of the educational thrust of the program is built upon interactions within these groups.
(2) There can’t be something, someone that could fix this and chooses not to.” Years of agnosticism and an open attitude to religious beliefs thrust under the bus, acknowledging the shame that comes from sitting down with those the world forgot.
(3) The first eigenvector, when represented by grey scale maps depicting a pair of eyes, reveals that, as average threshold increases, the visual field rises and flattens, like an umbrella that, initially closed, is simultaneously opened and thrust upwards.
(4) I have no quarrel with the overall thrust of Andrew Rawnsley's argument that the south-east is over-dominant in the UK economy and, as someone who has lived and worked both in Cardiff and Newcastle upon Tyne, I have sympathy with the claims of the north-east of England as well as Wales (" No wonder the coalition hasn't many friends in the north ", Comment).
(5) Some CTLs contacted infected cells via numerous interdigitating processes; others were observed thrusting finger-like protrusions deep into the target cell; some were seen with their plasma membranes lying closely opposed to that of the infected cell.
(6) The thrust of health care "solutions" in the press and in Congress focus on the infirm.
(7) On the other hand, the values of the instantaneous frequency, duration, and rhythmicity of the copulatory thrusting movements performed during mounts, intromissions or ejaculations did not differ significantly from the values obtained under saline treatment.
(8) A lot, without it being thrust down their throats.” The app will add more stories over time, with Moore saying American narrators will be included, and ultimately translations into other languages too.
(9) Yet the central thrust of his work is that disaster is not always an entirely negative experience.
(10) Mervyn King gave his strong backing today for spending cuts in George Osborne's first budget as the coalition government revealed the broad thrust of the emergency package due within 50 days of last week's election.
(11) McAlpine, one of Baroness Thatcher's closest aides during her time in Downing Street, had been retired from public life for some years when he was thrust back into the limelight over a poorly researched Newsnight investigation in 2012 .
(12) She’s a normal girl thrust into extraordinary circumstances, so it’s very relatable.” Ridley’s leap from bit parts in British TV dramas to the biggest film franchise in the world is a legitimate overnight success.
(13) It should thus be emphasized that the major thrust of activities in periodontal care should be in health promotion and education, leading to improved oral hygiene.
(14) His BBC television career famously came to an end when he thrust a lump of cheese in his commissioning editor's face .
(15) Rudd goes to mingle in the crowds, a cool bottle of XXXX thrust into his hands.
(16) Photograph: Multnomah County Sandra Anderson was thrust into the national spotlight during the final 24 hours of the standoff as she refused to surrender and made bold statements during live-streamed phone calls as the FBI closed in on the holdouts .
(17) Rats were trained to thrust their heads into a compartment flushed by a gas mixture of high or low O2 (balance N2), and after a timed interval, to enter the compartment (on high O2) for a reward or to withdraw (on low O2) to avoid a punishment.
(18) However, the use of a structured and systematic approach to patient care such as Advanced Trauma Life Support would have given those thrust into trauma care a format to build upon.
(19) Letta was thrust aside by the brash, ambitious Renzi just as Italy began to show signs of growth and bond market investors appeared less concerned over the country’s ability to repay its debts.
(20) "It seems to me that we have really got to look at the environment and make it easier for people either to make the healthy choice or – what we say less often is stop undermining their efforts by thrusting the unhealthy option into their line of sight," she said.