In two previous posts I discussed a patient I suspected of having a restricted envelope of function due to his symptoms and repeatedly breaking his provisonals. At the last appointment when we remade Read More

By Lee Ann Brady
In two previous posts I discussed a patient I suspected of having a restricted envelope of function due to his symptoms and repeatedly breaking his provisonals. At the last appointment when we remade Read More
By Lee Ann Brady
In this week's blog that looked at a restricted envelope of function I mentioned utilizing a custom incisal guide table. In this video I demonstrate fabrication of a custom incisal guide table. The Read More
By Lee Ann Brady
Last week I talked about working with the provisionals on a patient I believe has a restricted envelope of function, mentioning that he reported waking with a headache the first few mornings after we Read More
By Lee Ann Brady
[/caption] I spent the very end of the day into the 6pm hour remaking and adjusting an anterior provisional from the upper right canine to the upper left canine for the second time. By now for the Read More
By Lee Ann Brady
This winter I hosted an online seminar entitled "Occlusal Diagnosis:Identifying Risk". The course, divided into three online sessions covered the diagnosis of the joints, muscles and Read More
By Lee Ann Brady
[/caption] The last step in creating an anatomic appliance is to create the occlusal design prior to polishing the appliance for delivery. Anatomic appliances are designed to capture an actual Read More
By Lee Ann Brady
To complete our series on occlusal appliances I wanted to include this video of doing an intraoral reline. Hard acrylic appliances need to be both passive, meaning they do not exert orthodontic Read More
By drmarkkleive
In this segment Dr, Mark Kleive demonstrates trimming the acrylic shell using a Scotchbrite wheel on a lathe. The lathe is an efficient and effective way to not only remove the gross excess of Read More
By drmarkkleive
The next step in our series of videos on fabrication of an anatomic appliance is fabricating the acrylic shell. In last week's segment Dr. Mark Kleive demonstrated mixing the acrylic to achieve a Read More
By drmarkkleive
In the second part to this video series, Dr, Mark Kleive demonstrates a technique for mixing acrylic to fabricate an anatomic appliance. I utilize this exact technique for both anatomic and flat plane Read More