Occlusal Disorders, Lab

A laboratory and clinical based course with the overall objective of fabricating a flat plane splint on partners and understanding how these are adjusted intra-orally to help correct some of the disorders presented in 621-A. Students improve their impression taking skills and are exposed to more in- depth principles using centric relation records, bite registration techniques, and face bows. Student cases are mounted on articulators where students are exposed to more in depth settings of the articulator and their correlation to patient factors. Students fabricate anterior guide tables and subsequent maxillary splints. Finally, the students are exposed to principles and techniques for occlusal adjustments and selective grinding procedures.