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Dr. Kahn from the UK asks us:
What are the functions of canine protected occlusion and what percentage of people have it?
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2 Responses to “ Canine Protected Occlusion ”
The canine protected occlusion is a concept that helps prevent damage to posterior restorative work during bruxing. This is a typical dental engineering hardware solution to reduce contacts between posterior teeth through parafunction. But even canines wear! So I would suggest that the software be reprogrammed by teaching your patients not to clench or brux and to learn to act naturally - to keep their teeth apart. The occlusion is secondary and its science and study is the biggest myth in dentistry!
The occlusion wars are well documented between the different camps of dentistry.
So many teeth and so many ideas. I am sure of a few things. IF we find a common ground on the things we agree on ….one of them would be…..”It is not the teeth but what the patient does with them.” Jim Boyd
The next thing… Parafunctional habits kill implants because over loading kills implants.
Let the game begin but I will tell something, we people in the implant world seem to want to help other dentists more than yelling at each other about CR, CO, and other minutiae….
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