DEPROGRAMMING and REPROGRAMMING (Part II)

A deprogrammer is a diagnostic tool for clinicians, but it is often perceived as a treatment device by patients. Altering the habitual relationship between the mandible and the occlusal plane during sleep provides differential diagnostic information that can be...

DEPROGRAMMING AND REPROGRAMMING

  “It is very important with today’s challenges to various dental techniques to know where you are, […] where you are going, and how you can accomplish getting there before you initiate an irreversible procedure.” — Dr. Peter A. Neff, D.D.S. [Cranio. 1993 Apr;...

Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome

The brain requires oxygen every few seconds and any individual who does not breathe efficiently or whose breathing is limited by a nasal obstruction has a form of UARS. Compromised nasal breathing leads to an increase in mouth breathing and the development of an...

A Force Distribution Cycle

A force distribution cycle is a digital recording taken during the three phases of an occlusal cycle, i.e. during “occlusion”, “occluded”, and “disocclusion”. It is displayed on a computer screen the moment sensels are activated as...