The elapsed time in seconds, measured from the 1 st tooth contact until the last tooth contact, as a patient closes all their teeth together from completely open with no tooth contact, until the beginning of static intercuspation, which occurs before the patient achieves maximum intercuspation. The Occlusion Time describes the degree of bilateral simultaneity present in a patient's occlusion and has been deemed ideal if it is < 0.2 seconds in duration. In the Force vs Time Graph, the Occlusion Time is quantified within the A-B period.
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T-Scan 8 Recording Dynamics, System Features, and Clinician User Skills
Robert B. Kerstein, DMD (Former Clinical Professor at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, USA & Private Dental Practice Limited to Prosthodontics and Computerized Occlusal Analysis, USA) and Robert Anselmi (McGill University, Canada)
Copyright: © 2015
|Pages: 57
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6587-3.ch004
Abstract
The newly designed T-Scan 8 Computerized Occlusal Analysis system represents the state-of-the-art in occlusal diagnosis. The reliability of the system's high definition recording sensors, the many occlusal analysis timing and force software features, and the modern-day computer hardware electronics that record occlusal function in 0.003 second real-time increments affords a clinician unparalleled occlusal contact timing and force information with which to predictably diagnose and treat many occlusal abnormalities. T-Scan 8 represents the culmination of 30 years of T-Scan technology innovation and development with revised desktop graphics and less toolbar buttons for simpler graphical display designed to shorten the T-Scan learning curve. The chapter also discusses five useful diagnostic occlusal recordings employed when treating commonly observed occlusal problems. Lastly, the chapter outlines the three Learning Levels of T-Scan mastery that must be accomplished for a clinician to become an effective and competent T-Scan user.