Tag: posterior open bite

  • Splint for Posterior Open Bite

    Splint for Posterior Open Bite

    Patients managing an airway problem with night-time use of a mandibular advancement device may develop a posterior open bite.  Attempting to reapproximate the posterior teeth in this occlusal distortion involves mandible retrusion and OA flexion, thus reversing the natural lordosis of the neck. Accurately mounted study models taken after the cervical curvature has been supported…