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W S Bledsoe

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PubMed1991

Selection, application, and management of Phase 1 orthotics.

Once the provisional diagnoses have been obtained and treatment goals established for a temporomandibular disorder patient, an intraoral orthotic is usually part of a phase 1 treatment plan. This overview chapter deals with the selection, fabrication, and management of specific orthotics. A wide array of orthotics are discussed in order of the complexity of their design and fabrication. Each design is considered in light of its benefit/disadvantage ratio.

Dental Occlusion↗
PubMed1991

Orthotic therapy for the partially or fully edentulous patient.

The limited research on the correlation between partially and fully edentulous patients and temporomandibular dysfunction leads this author to believe that a practitioner could expect 25 to 75% of the patients in need of phase 1 orthotic therapy to be in one of these two groups. Unfortunately, most of the literature on orthotic therapy documents cases with a full complement of natural teeth. This chapter gives a systematic approach to the fabrication and insertion of orthotics on and over full and partial dentures.

Dental Occlusion↗
PubMed1989

The bonded visible light cured appliance intermediate splint therapy for the temporomandibular joint patient.

The purpose of this article is to trace the history of cemented segmental occlusal splints and to show how the visible light cured (VLC) materials available today remove the disadvantages caused by the material used in the past. The author felt that the advantages of these VLC materials make this appliance a viable choice when repositioning appliances are part of a treatment plan. Because of the technique sensitivity of all procedures involving VLC materials, a step by step technique outline was included in the article. Three cases are shown to help the reader visualize the use of this generation of fixed TMJ appliances.

Dental Bonding↗
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The transcranial radiograph. The diagnostic difference between 'corrected' vs 'uncorrected' films.

This article explains the advantages and limitations of the transcranial radiograph. The use of the Submental Vertex Radiograph to obtain the proper angulation of the central ray of the x-ray beam is covered in a step by step manner. It goes on to explain the difference between "Corrected" and "Uncorrected" films. It is the author's hope that this article will help improve the practitioners in-office radiographic technique through the use of the TCD and corrected transcranials, thus improving the diagnostic information he obtains. This will lead to more appropriate therapy for the orthopedic/orthodontic and the Temporomandibular Dysfunction patient.

Humans↗