Practical applications in dental occlusion analog to digital 2024: - Author: Michael Radu. - Foreword: Frank Spear. - Contributors: Daniel Radu, Lee Culp. - Edition: Standard Edition. Book outlines: - Occlusion is often boiled down to the “tap, tap, and grind” of articulating paper marks dentists perform daily. - And for 90% of appointments, occlusion can be largely ignored until it’s time to get out the articulating paper at the end of the appointment. - Tap, tap, and grind. - Drill the red marks. - However, sometimes the patient’s current bite won’t allow the necessary treatment, and a new occlusion must be built and transferred to the lab. - But how? Should the patient determine the maxillomandibular position (ie, show where they feel comfortable), or should scientific principles be applied to find the physiologic maxillomandibular relationship? How do you capture the new occlusion for the lab? That’s where this book comes in—to teach you a simplified concept of occlusion that can help you perform predictable and successful treatment. - The book is divided into two parts: Part 1 outlines guiding principles and a simplified model of occlusion, and Part 2 features specific situations you will come across as you diagnose, treatment plan, and treat your patients’ cases. - Author Michael Radu breaks everything down and offers explanatory analogies to help you conceptualize the principles of occlusion in a way you can understand and apply to daily practice for the benefit of your patients cases. Table of contents: - Chapter 01: Why Do We Need Occlusion?. - Chapter 02: Practical Principles of Occlusion. - Chapter 03: The Occlusion Formula. - Chapter 04: There Are Only Two Bites. - Chapter 05: Clinical Techniques and Principles of Interocclusal Registrations. - Chapter 06: Techniques for Examination and Treatment Planning. - Chapter 07: Techniques for Interocclusal Registration of an Existing Occlusion. - Chapter 08: Techniques for Interocclusal Registration for a New Occlusion. - Chapter 09: Techniques for Equilibration of the Occlusion. - Chapter 10: Techniques for Recording the Envelope of Function. - Chapter 11: Techniques for Communicating with the Laboratory. - Chapter 12: Analog Versus Digital Techniques for Interocclusal Registration.