A normal lower jaw position of an examinee is determined. A lower jaw
position determining method for determining a normal lower jaw position
of an examinee, includes: center calculating for obtaining measurement
data by measuring movement of a head of the examinee, and calculating a
center of movement resulting from approximating the movement of the head
as rotational movement of a rigid body; lower jaw orbit measuring for
measuring a plurality of orbits of masticatory movement of the lower jaw,
for a plurality of lower jaw positions of the examinee; and position
determining for (i) approximating the masticatory movement of the lower
jaw as rotational movement of a rigid body to find one of the plurality
of measured orbits of the lower jaw whose center of movement in the
approximation matches the calculated center of movement of the head, (ii)
determining a lower jaw position that corresponds to the found orbit of
the lower jaw to be a normal lower jaw position for the examinee, and
(iii) outputting the determined normal lower jaw position.