The BiteFX Blog for All Things Relating to Occlusion

Animation - Sleep Apnea with Sound

When we produced the Sleep Apnea animation a few months ago we were challenged to add sound - so that's what we've done for this month's update.

Animation - Buccal Cusp Fracture 

Some of our most popular animations are the ones that show things breaking, as these are good motivators for patients to act before their teeth break or good demonstrations of your expertise when you can explain to them how their teeth came to be in their current state.

PDL Flex with Implant 

When I introduced last month's update animation that showed how teeth are supported by periodontal ligaments I asked "Why do you need to be careful about crowns on implants?" Ever vigilant, Dr. Milos Boskovic asked: "Why didn't you show an implant in that animation?"

PDL Flex 

Why do you need to be careful about the exact height of crowns placed on implants?

Why does mastication not result in tooth-on-bone wear?

This month's animation will help you explain those questions by showing how teeth are supported by periodontal ligaments (PDL) and how they provide slight cushioning when the teeth come together.

Sleep Apnea 

Many of you have expressed an interest in having an animation added to BiteFX that will help you explain how you can help those suffering from sleep apnea.

Dr. Michael Racich is the author of a three book Basic Rules series that explains the basic rules of Oral Rehabilitation, Occlusion and Facially Generated Treatment Planning, and authored the following article on his systematic treatment approach he describes as The Triad Algorithm.

We're working on something bigger for next month, so this month is a small addition to the Fremitus from Closure animations we released a couple of months ago.

The animations add a finger that comes in to feel the fremitus in the front teeth.

This article covers updates released (or intended to be released) in June as well as those released in July. Updates include new lower splint animations and some software fixes.

Lower Splint

Over the years a number of dentists have expressed to us that they use a lower splint, rather than the upper splint we show in our animations. Sometimes the