Description

Today’s practitioner must distinguish his/her practice by becoming an expert in occlusion. It is essential for every dentist and team member to recognize the signs, symptom and parameters of healthy occlusion vs. pathologic occlusion. Anatomic structures related to the masticatory system will be presented to orient the listener to know the causes of tooth wear, tooth breakage, and other factors that affect the health of patients. Key principles of occlusion are necessary to relate esthetic restorative, orthodontic and or TMD/Orofacial pain treatment with a proper diagnosis. A new understanding is required of today’s dentist to grasp underlying factors that relates clinical dentistry to both the gnathologic and neuromuscular principles in a logical process called Gneuromuscular Occlusion.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• How to ‘rebuild’ failed occlusions.
• How to diagnose occlusal problems.
• How to determine the starting point when occlusion MUST be changed.
• Deep overclosed bites, excessively worn bite, anterior open bites, orofacial pain, TMD and TM joint pathology.
• What I see and what I do.
• How to come up with solutions.

Dr. Clayton Chan

Clayton A. Chan, D.D.S. is a general dentist, clinician, teacher/mentor and educator to hundreds of dentists around the world. He is considered an authority on dental occlusion, TMD and its application to clinical dentistry with training as a lab technician. His combined approach ...

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