A 2-day course for dentists to advance diagnostic and clinical skills in occlusion. Learn functional bite management, wear analysis, and treatment planning. Discover the missing link to stable, long-term results in restoration success.
Learning Outcomes
✓Understand functional occlusion and its clinical applications
✓Diagnose dysfunction and unhealthy patient tooth use patterns
✓Learn TMD introduction and current treatment concepts
✓Understand sleep and awake bruxism research and guidelines
✓Manage changes to vertical dimension
✓Apply splint design and materials knowledge
✓Understand occlusion and implants considerations
✓Master diagnostic tools including Leaf Gauge, Lucia Jig, and deprogramming techniques
✓Learn centric relation finding techniques
✓Communicate occlusal issues to patients effectively
✓Apply vertical stabilization with 3D printed provisionals
✓Learn bite equilibration techniques
✓Understand orthodontics role in occlusion
Course Curriculum
1.Functional occlusion: meaning and application
2.Dysfunction and unhealthy tooth use patterns
3.TMD: introduction to current trends and treatment concepts
4.Sleep and awake bruxism: current research and guidelines
