title: Orthodontics using an occlusal splint: a clinical report.
abstract: Careful management of the occlusion is necessary for successful prosthodontic treatment. A reorganized occlusal approach requires a more accurate registration of the desired jaw position, and where it is difficult to achieve this, an occlusal splint is indicated. This clinical report documents a 60-year-old man with a Prosthodontic Diagnostic Index Class IV dentition, who prior to a full-mouth reconstruction, underwent occlusal splint therapy with a Michigan-type splint that incorporated z-springs to allow concurrent orthodontic tooth movement of two anterior teeth to positions that would allow favorable restorations by correcting occlusal and esthetic form.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Prosthodontics, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, London WC1X 8LD, UK.
authors.forename: Akit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Tredwin
authors.forename: Daljit S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Gill
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000628:therapy*; D008437:Maxilla; D008875:Middle Aged; D017090:Occlusal Splints; D014087:Tooth Movement Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*