Procline

Quick meaning: Procline is a verb meaning (intransitive, dentistry) Of teeth, to lean forward.

Meaning

(intransitive, dentistry) Of teeth, to lean forward.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, dentistry) To cause (teeth) to lean forward.

Example Sentences

These curves do have a tendency to procline the incisors so the wires are often tied back (e.g. a wire ligature tied from the molar to a ball hook on the archwire between the lateral incisor and canine) to maintain the arch length and minimise incisor proclination.

In Class II cases the maxillary incisors retrocline and the eruption of teeth in the maxillary buccal segments is directed distally during treatment. In the mandibular arch the lower incisors tend to procline and the teeth in the buccal segments erupt in a more mesial direction.

Word Forms

• proclines
• proclining
• proclined

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