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May 2016 BiteFX Update

Posted by Doug Brown on Fri, Jun 03, 2016 @ 11:06 AM

Canine Guidance with Crossover and Group Function

Our animations often evolve. One doctor guides the creation of an animation and it looks good. We release and another doctor says, "That's great, but I'd really like it if it also showed ...". We make that update and we hear, "Awesome, but what if you also did ...?" And so the progression continues.

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Tags: Updates - 2016

Phased Restorations - Follow-up Questions and Answers

Posted by Doug Brown on Thu, Apr 21, 2016 @ 11:04 AM

In March 2016, Dr. Rick Rogers, President-Dental Association Company Maryland State Dental Association, presented: 
“RESTORING THE WORN DENTITION IN PHASES-
Providing Optimal Dentistry For Patients With Limited Finances”

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Tags: Dental Technique

Worn Canines in Teens and Early Twenties - Equilibrate?

Posted by Doug Brown on Thu, Mar 17, 2016 @ 13:03 PM

We featured the following Question and Answers in our March 2016 newsletter.

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Tags: Dental Technique

March 2016 BiteFX Update

Posted by Doug Brown on Tue, Mar 15, 2016 @ 12:03 PM

Occlusion Problems Causing Broken Veneers

Ever have patients ask you why their veneers have broken?

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Tags: Updates - 2016

February 2016 BiteFX Updates

Posted by Doug Brown on Tue, Feb 02, 2016 @ 11:02 AM

New Animation - Reductive and Additive Equilibration

Thumbnail of New Reductive and Additive Equilibration Animation (enlarged)
Although it may be easy for dentists experienced in this area to make the jump from separate reductive and additive animations to seeing the sense/possibility that an equilibration could involve both processes, it was felt that that combination "jump" would not be so easy for many patients.
The new animation shows a reductive equilibration of the back teeth: 
Reductive part of Reductive and Additive Equilibration
 
Followed by building up the front teeth to achieve protrusive and lateral guidance:
Additive part of Reductive and Additive Equilibration
 
Thank you Dr. Milos Boskovic for your input on producing this animation!
 
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Tags: Updates - 2016

October 2015 BiteFX Updates

Posted by Doug Brown on Fri, Oct 30, 2015 @ 17:10 PM

New Animation - Canine Guidance with Crossover

Dr. Mike Melkers, who will be presenting on the BiteFX Insiders' Secrets and Tips Webinar next month, asked that we extend the canine guidance animation to show the lower canine moving outside the upper canine.
Canine Guidance with Crossover
That's what this animation delivers and can help you explain how far the jaw can move sideways, how poor restorations might allow the other front teeth to slam together in crossover and thus another factor you consider in making your restorations.
 
Thank you Dr. Melkers for your input on producing this animation!
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Tags: Updates - 2015

July/August/September BiteFX Updates

Posted by Doug Brown on Tue, Sep 29, 2015 @ 18:09 PM

Our animation updates for July, August and September took longer than expected to develop and finalize. With one or two other time challenges I decided to combine the blogs describing these updates into one blog.

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Tags: Updates - 2015

How to Export Images From Dexis to a BiteFX Importable Folder

Posted by Stuart Harman on Tue, Sep 22, 2015 @ 14:09 PM

From the desk of Stu Harman, our support and coaching expert. In this article Stu explains how to export your patient's pictures from your Dexis Imaging software into a folder that can be imported into BiteFX.

If your office routinely stores patient pictures using the Dexis imaging software, they cannot be imported into BiteFX directly from Dexis. This article describes the steps needed to export the pictures into a folder so that they can be imported into BiteFX.

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Tags: Using BiteFX

Why Do My Imported Pictures Disappear or Display "Image Not Available"?

Posted by Stuart Harman on Tue, Sep 22, 2015 @ 12:09 PM

From the desk of Stu Harman, our support and coaching expert. In this article Stu explains how to avoid getting into a situation where the thumbnails of imported pictures disappear from the Picture panel, and why the image of an imported picture you select only displays "Image not available".

If you or another staff member move the folder from its original location after it was imported, you can cause thumbnails to disappear and a black screen to be displayed instead of the picture. This article describes how to avoid the problem.

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Tags: Using BiteFX

How to Add Session Notes to Your Imported Pictures

Posted by Stuart Harman on Thu, Jul 30, 2015 @ 16:07 PM

From the desk of Stu Harman, our support and coaching expert. In this article Stu explains how to add clinical notes to pictures you import and have already included in or plan to included in a BiteFX Session Recording.

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Tags: Using BiteFX

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