procline

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōclīnō (“I bend or lean forward”).

Verb

procline (third-person singular simple present proclines, present participle proclining, simple past and past participle proclined)

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

   Coordinate term: retrocline

   • 2010, Jayne Harrison, Kathleen O'Donovan, “Orthodontic Dental Nursing”, in Robert S. Ireland, editor, Advanced Dental Nursing, 2nd edition, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 308:

     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.

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

   Coordinate term: retrocline

   • 2010, Jayne Harrison, Kathleen O'Donovan, “Orthodontic Dental Nursing”, in Robert S. Ireland, editor, Advanced Dental Nursing, 2nd edition, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 273:

     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.

Related terms

• proclination
• recline
• retrocline