title: Force Finishing and Centering to Balance a Removable Complete Denture Prosthesis Using the T-Scan III Computerized Occlusal Analysis System.
abstract: Obtaining bilateral balance of removable complete denture prostheses is the occlusal goal of the restorative dentist or prosthodontist. Despite our best clinical efforts, and the using of advanced mechanical devices like semi-adjustable articulators and face bow transfer mounting of dental casts, it is a struggle to provide accurate occlusal force balance. Some of the advocated reasons for the clinical difficulty of obtaining reliable occlusal balance are that stone casts lack soft tissue resiliency, and articulators only approximate human occlusal functional movements. However, modern technology offers clinicians a digital answer to this clinical force balance problem. It is known as computerized occlusal analysis. The T-Scan III system can be employed with complete removable denture prostheses to perform computer-guided occlusal force-finishing corrective adjustments that measurably improve the installed prosthetic occlusal balance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Restorative Dentistry, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA USA.
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Kerstein
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Dayananda Sagar Dental College and Research Center, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Kumarswamy Layout, Bangalore, 560078 India.
authors.forename: Prafulla
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thumati
authors.affiliation: Dayananda Sagar Dental College and Research Center, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Padmaja
keywords: Force centering; Force-finishing; Measurable occlusal balance; T-Scan III computerized occlusal analysis system