For most patients the outcome of excess overjet is some occlusal variation from what might be considered normal or ideal. The specific variation is...
Frank Spear | 11 years ago ›
The Three Phases of Joint Evaluation
Joint examination and evaluation is one of the three systems that must be evaluated prior to treatment. This article is a continuation of my previous...
Frank Spear | 11 years ago ›![Eight Steps to Facially Generated Treatment Planning [Part II]](https://assets.speareducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/main1.png)
Eight Steps to Facially Generated Treatment Planning [Part II]
As I discussed in Part I of this article, planning treatment for wear patients can be difficult because of all the different possibilities that can occur...
Frank Spear | 11 years ago ›![Eight Steps to Facially Generated Treatment Planning [Part I]](https://assets.speareducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/main.png)
Eight Steps to Facially Generated Treatment Planning [Part I]
Planning treatment for wear patients can be difficult because of all the different possibilities that can occur as teeth wear. In some patients the wear...
Frank Spear | 11 years ago ›
Treatment Planning and Sequencing in Patients with Severe Wear
Almost every restorative dentist I know has a set of models sitting on their desk they have looked at multiple times and yet they still don't know...
Frank Spear | 12 years ago ›
Tooth Wear Appliances: Full Arch Maxillary and Full Arch Mandibular
Conceptually, full coverage appliances decrease elevator muscle activity in excursive movements if they are designed with anterior guidance, but...
Frank Spear | 12 years ago ›
Tooth Wear Appliances: Posterior Pivots
To pick up where I left off in the previous article about tooth wear appliances, a posterior pivot is the opposite of an anterior bite plane. This appliance...
Frank Spear | 12 years ago ›