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The Kinematic Center: A Reference for Condylar Movements

First Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

A. Zwijnenburg

Department Oral Kinesiology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Louwesweg 1, 1066 EA Amsterdam, The Netherlands

C.C.E.J. Megens

Department Oral Kinesiology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Louwesweg 1, 1066 EA Amsterdam, The Netherlands

M. Naeije

Department Oral Kinesiology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Louwesweg 1, 1066 EA Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The kinematic center of the temporomandibular condyle is that condylar point which follows as much as possible the same movement path during different types of mandibular movements. In this study, the location of the kinematic center with respect to the palpated lateral pole of the condyle was investigated. Also, the lengths of the condylar movement path reconstructed by means of the kinematic center and the palpated condyle were compared. Mandibular movements were recorded with 6 degrees of freedom in 20 healthy subjects. A software procedure calculated the location of the kinematic center as that mandibular point for which the protrusive and opening movement path showed a minimal difference. For each subject, its average location was calculated on the basis of 16 pairs of protrusive and opening movements. The kinematic center was located posteriorly and superiorly with respect to the palpated condylar point (p < 0.0001). The standard deviation in the anterior-posterior coordinate of the average kinematic center was smaller than that in the superior-inferior coordinate (p < 0.0001). During opening, the path length of the kinematic center is longer than that of the palpated lateral pole of the condyle (p < 0.0001). In contrast to left-right differences found in the path lengths of the lateral pole of the condyle, no left-right differences were found for the kinematic center.

Key Words: mandible • , movements • , 3-D

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 74, No. 10, 1644-1648 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345950740100401


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