Bruxism is a disease with a multifactorial etiology. Its clinical manifestations are most often an unaesthetic smile with abraded tooth surfaces, temporomandibular disorders and muscle hyperactivity. Here we present a case of bruxism where proper articulation of the occlusal splint was performed using the T-scan Novus system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Digital technologies have widened their horizons into the world of dental medicine and now further expanding to cover all branches. This new modern technology replaces traditional laboratory techniques allowing effective patient care. Patients who suffer from bruxism-the act of involuntary habitual grinding of teeth-have widely been benefited by splint treatments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: The size of the apical base plays a role in the formation of dental arches and normal occlusion. It is often one of the factors that is implicated in certain orthodontic malocclusions and is essential for determining the treatment plan and the stability of the results.
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the size of the maxillary apical base in orthognathic bite and examine its relationship with some dental arch parameters (surface area, sum of the incisors, frontal arch length and perimeter of the dental arch) using our own diagnostic method.