Study debunks age-old dental practice
Posted: June 28, 2007
A recently completed study at the University Of Alberta Department Of Mechanical Enginneerering determined that the standard dental practice of using carbon bite paper marks on teeth does not correlate to the amount of force that is applied to the teeth. This determination could revolutionize dental practice and serve to usher dentistry into the 21st century.
The study analyzed 600 paper marks made on teeth at various human bite force loads and revealed that 80% of the size of a paper marks did not show any correlation to the load applied. This means that whenever a dental bite adjustment is performed or dental work is installed into a patient’s mouth, the dentist is “guessing” at which marks to grind. This is true for every dental prosthesis, natural tooth procedure, bridge, cap, implant, denture, and veneer.
Computerized Bite Analysis is changing dentistry. The “Bite Computer” (T-Scan III Computerized Occlusal Analysis System, Tekscan, Inc. Boston, MA) 9-16 accurately and precisely shows a dentist which tooth truly needs grinding.
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