How Is Bite Dysfunction Corrected?

After a comprehensive diagnosis is completed, restoring harmony to your chewing system to correct the bite dysfunction is unique to your specific problem. There are 3 treatment goals to correct bite dysfunction and restore your bioesthetic smile.

Stable jaw joints (TMJ’s): The jaw joints are properly positioned.
Stable tooth contacts: All teeth touch simultaneously while both jaw joints properly positioned.
Anterior Guidance: The front teeth guide the lower jaw movements protecting the back teeth from colliding during normal chewing and speaking motions.

In most cases, splint therapy (MAGO) is used to locate a stable position for your jaw joints satisfy the 1st treatment goal. Meeting the 2nd and 3rd goal requires definitive solutions that includes tooth adjustments, bonding, braces, or crowns. In most cases, a combination of treatment is required to correct the imbalance in the chewing system so the teeth, bones, muscles and joints can work properly together. The result is a bioesthetic smile of your own.