The BiteFX Blog for All Things Relating to Occlusion

New Animation - Canine Guidance with Crossover

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.

Animation - Proprioception

A number of you have asked that we provide an animation to help illustrate proprioception - the jaw moving into MIP, unconsciously avoiding an interference.

The software update released today (June 4, 2015) as Update 44 contains the following fixes:

1. When running, BiteFX was checking for updates every 84,600ms (=1.44 minutes). This has been changed to the correct value of 84,600s (= 1 day).
2. If one of the files BiteFX uses to store session information was corrupted, BiteFX would fail to start. BiteFX now recognizes when the files are corrupted and starts with default values.
3. The update function was enhanced so that sequences can be provided in the update process.
   This will allow us to deliver example sequences that illustrate how to present certain topics to you.

Animation - Incisor Angle and Airway

The animation update this month shows how incisor angle can affect jaw position and constrict the airway.

There are two animations in this month's update.

The first illustrates the situation known as long centric, the second is a variation on our sleep apnea animation keeping the lips sealed after the applicance is inserted.

Animation - Slow Bilateral Condyle Deterioration

This month adds slow bilateral condyle deterioration to last month's rapid bilateral condyle deterioration.

Animation - Rapid Bilateral Condyle Deterioration

Following on from the last two months' updates in which we have shown rapid and slow deterioration on a single condyle, this month's update shows what happens if both condyles rapidly deteriorate.

Animation - Slow Condyle Deterioration

Last month's animation showed the effects of rapid condyle deterioration. This month we complement that with an animation that shows how things can develop when the condyle is deteriorating slowly.