and secure !BioMetrics Role in Occlusion in “Contemporary Product Solutions”
Objective BioMetrics like Joint Vibration Analysis give the clinician the ability to measure the impacts their treatments have on their patients. Gone are the days of "Hope" Dentistry, where you applied a treatment and simply hoped that it would work.
Every dentist recognizes the importance of occlusion for clinical success in dentistry, yet very few take the necessary steps to understand and control its impact objectively in everyday practice. Most dentists are aware of the ongoing debate over whether it is more important to treat just the teeth, the muscles, or the joint as the Rosetta stone of occlusion. However while dentists acknowledge that they need to know more, it is hard to know where to start. This article outlines a strategy to address occlusion using biometrics. Biometrics is the gathering of objective data from the patient’s stomatognathic system. Biometrics is used widely throughout all fields of medicine. The term refers to the gathering of recordable, measurable, and reproducible data from the patient. Blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and blood chemistry are only a few examples of recordable biometric data that physicians routinely gather to evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients. The significance of being able to record data for analysis, comparison, and archiving cannot be overstated. This is what elevates occlusal analysis to a true science as compared with subjective analytical methods. READ MORE: