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Effect of occlusion-raising procedures on the chewing system
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This article is published in The Dental practitioner and dental record.The article was published on 1970-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 85 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Dental occlusion & Occlusion.read more
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Restoration of the extremely worn dentition
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Oral Splints: the Crutches for Temporomandibular Disorders and Bruxism?:
T.T. Dao,Gilles Lavigne +1 more
TL;DR: Oral splints should be used as an adjunct for pain management rather than a definitive treatment and future research should study the natural history and etiologies of TMD and bruxism, so that specific treatments for these disorders can be developed.
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The efficacy of oral splints in the treatment of myofascial pain of the jaw muscles: a controlled clinical trial
TL;DR: The data suggest that the gradual reduction in the intensity and unpleasantness of myofascial pain, as well as the improvement of quality of life during the trial, was non‐specific and not related to the type of treatment.
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Effect of increasing vertical dimension on the masticatory system in subjects with natural teeth.
TL;DR: Clinical experience supports the opinion that the masticatory system adapts well to moderate changes in the occlusal vertical dimension, and the present study was designed to test the effect of increasing the vertical dimension of occlusion by a modification of the method used by Christensen.
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A critical evaluation of orthopedic interocclusal appliance therapy: design, theory, and overall effectiveness
TL;DR: There is little or no experimental support at present about repositioning, realignment, and pivot appliances and their effectiveness, therefore, these appliances must be considered experimental treatments.
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