title: The T-SCAN System in Evaluating Occlusal Contacts.
abstract: Normal occlusal and articulation relations between the jaws ensure equal distribution of occlusal forces during mastication. A T-SCAN system allows these relations to be measured dynamically during the articulation cycle.
  
  
  
  To evaluate the T-SCAN III system in measuring and assessing the forces of occlusal contacts and their digital presentation.
  
  
  
  Thirty students aged 19 - 22 years were examined. Of these only one matched the study criteria: - intact dentition; - without or with class I fillings in teeth 36 or 46; - Angle's class I jaw relation We used a computerized occlusal analysis system T-SCAN in the study. It comes with a registering sensor for the occlusal contacts, a module for transmitting the signals to a computer, and conversion software to generate images on a computer screen.
  
  
  
  We evaluated the system's capabilities in registering the occlusal contacts during mastication on an occlusion film and the occlusal forces using a digital display.
  
  
  
  The T-SCAN system provides the only accurate way to determine and evaluate the time sequence and force of occlusal contacts by converting the qualitative data into quantitative and displaying them digitally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthetics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
authors.forename: Tanya P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Bozhkova
mesh_terms: D001732:Bite Force; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012984:Software; D055815:Young Adult