Orthodontics using an occlusal splint: a clinical report.
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.
Patel
Akit
A
Unit of Prosthodontics, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, London WC1X 8LD, UK.
Tredwin
Christopher J
CJ
Gill
Daljit S
DS
D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000628:therapy*; D008437:Maxilla; D008875:Middle Aged; D017090:Occlusal Splints; D014087:Tooth Movement Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*