The BiteFX Blog for All Things Relating to Occlusion

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

How to Create Your Own Presentation

From the desk of Stu Harman, our support and coaching expert. In this article Stu explains how to create your own presentations using animations and images to produce personalized consultation presentations or templates.

BiteFX provides 13 animation groups in the Animation panel that are named according to occlusal topics; they are Open-Close, Guidance and Contacts, Effects of Bruxing, Interference and TMJ Effects, Effects on Molars, Effects on Molars with 3D Insets, Diagnostics, Treatments, Neutral Zone, Sleep Apnea, Condylar Issues, 3D Views of TMJ, and Muscular Issues. Each of the animation groups include a select number of animations related to that topic, comprising more than 140 animations in total at present. BiteFX also includes over 150 occlusion related clinical photographs and images in the Picture panel that can be used to show actual clinical examples of malocclusion and treatments.