SETTING OF POSTERIOR TEETH
1-RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN POST. TEETH AND THE
RIDGE.
2-RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN UPPER AND
LOWER TEETH.
SETTING DEPENDS ON:
1-RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POST. TEETH AND THE RIDGE.
THE CREST OF THE RIDGE.
THE HEIGHT OF THE RETROMOLAR PAD.
2-RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER TEETH.
INTERCUSPATION.
BUCCAL CUSP TIPS OF MAXILLARY MOLARS
CURVE OF SPEE
MESIOPALATAL CUSP OF MAXILLARY MOLARS
Arrangement of the anatomic (Cuspal) posterior teeth
Height, buccolingual, their antagonists. .
Arrangement of nonanatomic posterior teeth
• The principles for arranging nonanatomic posterior teeth are similar to those for arranging anatomic posterior teeth.
Non-anatomic teeth