The movement involved in the opening of the mouth is hinge followed by translation.

When drilling cylindrical implant sites in bone, the following is false: only speeds above 20,000 rpm should be used in drilling.

Centric relation is best defined as the relation of the mandible to the maxilla when the condyles are in their most posterior position in the glenoid fossae.

A patient wants a new set of CD. The present set which he is wearing now is loose. Examination revealed papillary hyperplasia of the palate. The first thing you would like to do is use tissue conditioners on the maxillary denture for the abused tissue.

A surveyor is a device used in the fabrication of removable partial dentures (RPDs) to assess and establish the path of insertion and removal. It is primarily involved in determining the guiding planes and the placement of the major connector and retentive elements like rests and minor connectors. It does not directly assess the support provided by the underlying tissues to the RPD, which is influenced by factors such as the edentulous ridge contour and the type of RPD design.