Borrowed fromLatinprōclīnō(“I bend or lean forward”).
procline (third-person singular simple presentproclines,present participleproclining,simple past and past participleproclined)
- (intransitive, dentistry) Ofteeth, toleanforward.
- 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, page308: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 toprocline and the teeth in the buccal segments erupt in a more mesial direction.
- (transitive, dentistry) Tocause (teeth) toleanforward.
- 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, page273:These curves do have a tendency toprocline 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.
