MANAGEMENT OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS AND OCCLUSION

COVERING BOTH NEW AND PROVEN TECHNIQUES IN THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING FIELD, THIS BOOK HELPS YOU PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO MANY COMMON OCCLUSAL AND TMD PROBLEMS. CLEAR DESCRIPTIONS ENSURE THAT YOU DEVELOP A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH NORMAL AND DYSFUNCTIONAL OCCLUSAL RELATIONSHIPS AND MASTICATORY FUNCTION. WITH THIS BOOK’S CONSERVATIVE, COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH, YOU’LL ACHIEVE YOUR TREATMENT GOALS WHILE KEEPING THE BEST INTERESTS OF YOUR PATIENTS IN MIND.

<P><B>PART I: FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY</B> </P> <P>1. FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY AND BIOMECHANICS OF THE MASTICATORY SYSTEM</P> <P>2. FUNCTIONAL NEUROANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE MASTICATORY SYSTEM</P> <P>3. ALIGNMENT AND OCCLUSION OF THE DENTITION</P> <P>4. MECHANICS OF MANDIBULAR MOVEMENT</P> <P>5. CRITERIA FOR OPTIMAL FUNCTIONAL OCCLUSION</P> <P>6. DETERMINANTS OF OCCLUSAL MORPHOLOGY</P> <P><B>PART II: ETIOLOGY AND IDENTIFICATION OF FUNCTIONAL DISTURBANCES IN THE MASTICATORY SYSTEM</B></P> <P>7. CAUSES OF FUNCTIONAL DISTURBANCES IN THE MASTICATORY SYSTEM</P> <P>8. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS</P> <P>9 HISTORY OF AND EXAMINATION FOR TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS</P> <P>10. DIAGNOSIS OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS</P> <P><B>PART III: TREATMENT OF FUNCTIONAL DISTURBANCES OF THE MASTICATORY SYSTEM</B></P> <P>11. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS </P> <P>12. TREATMENT OF MASTICATORY MUSCLE DISORDERS</P> <P>13. TREATMENT OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS</P> <P>14. TREATMENT OF CHRONIC MANDIBULAR HYPOMOBILITY AND GROWTH DISORDERS</P> <P>15. OCCLUSAL APPLIANCE THERAPY</P> <P>16. TREATMENT SEQUENCING</P> <P><B>PART IV: OCCLUSAL THERAPY</B></P> <P>17. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS IN OCCLUSAL THERAPY</P> <P>18. USE OF ARTICULATORS IN OCCLUSAL THERAPY</P> <P>19. SELECTIVE GRINDING</P> <P>20. RESTORATIVE CONSIDERATIONS IN OCCLUSAL THERAPY</P> <P>APPENDIX</P>