Articulating Paper is Lying To Us – Measuring the Occlusion Digitally with Force and Time – PDP109

Articulating paper has been around for over a hundred years, and it’s still the most common way we evaluate the way our patients’ teeth touch or occlude. But there’s so much we cannot tell by looking at those marks! We cannot tell which ones are higher force or low force, and we definitely cannot tell anything about the timing of contacts. In this episode with Dr. Robert Kerstein will enlighten you about the T-Scan!

https://youtu.be/YsxjGGitJr8

Check out this full episode on YouTube

Protrusive Dental Pearl: Classically on glazed ceramic, articulating paper marks will be difficult to show up. A little hack to overcome this is to get a tiny smear of vaseline on a micro-brush, paint the articulating paper and get the patient to bite together because the Vaseline has an effect on the articulating paper which allows it to stain or ink the teeth more effectively.

In this episode Dr. Rob and I discussed:

• Traditional way of using articulating paper and its disadvantages 14:55
• T-scan in terms of occlusal adjustment 19:34
• T-scan in terms of differences in adaptive capacity 24:53
• Importance of patient’s feedback 28:58
• Treating patients with TMD through occlusal equilibration 35:45
• Dentists’ concern about the thickness of the T-scan 41:20
• Level of precision in diagnosing patients 46:50
• Why does T-scan seldom meantion on occlusal courses 54:18

All of the Protruserati clan get £200 OFF the T-Scan™ from Clark Dental with the code ‘protrusive‘!

As promised in the episode, if you would like to read some studies/evidence base for the T Scan click here.

Click here to email Dr. Rob Kerstein

If you enjoyed this episode, check out Philosophy of Functional Occlusion with Riaz Yar