{"id":828,"date":"2014-09-26T03:15:37","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T03:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caugheydds.com\/newsite\/?p=828"},"modified":"2024-06-29T00:42:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T00:42:25","slug":"828-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/2014\/09\/26\/828-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Smile balancing through functional tooth reshaping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Gordon Christensen, dental equilibration (bite balancing) might be one of the most widely UNDER-utilized services in dentistry. \u2013\u00a0<abbr class=\"site-title\" title=\"The Journal of the American Dental Association\">JADA<\/abbr> <span class=\"cit-print-date\">April 2005 <\/span><span class=\"cit-vol\">136<\/span><span class=\"cit-issue\"><span class=\"cit-sep cit-sep-before-article-issue\">(<\/span>4<span class=\"cit-sep cit-sep-after-article-issue\">):<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"cit-pages\"><span class=\"cit-first-page\">497<\/span><span class=\"cit-sep\">&#8211;<\/span><span class=\"cit-last-page\">499<\/span><\/span><span class=\"cit-sep cit-sep-after-article-pages\">;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Teeth that fit together correctly do not require the additional muscular activity needed to shift the jaw to the side or squeeze unilaterally when one side hits first. \u00a0The art of equilibration is in modifying the shape of teeth \u2013 sometimes in removing and polished, sometimes in adding to a tooth \u2013 to help them nestle together like a lock and key.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3517\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3517\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/anterior-selective-simple-equilibration-2-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3517\" src=\"https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/anterior-selective-simple-equilibration-2-1-1-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before: photo: full bite showing uneven edges of incisors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3518\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/anterior-selective-simple-equilibration-4-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3518\" src=\"https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/anterior-selective-simple-equilibration-4-1-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/anterior-selective-simple-equilibration-4-1-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/anterior-selective-simple-equilibration-4-1-500x297.jpg 500w, https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/anterior-selective-simple-equilibration-4-1-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/anterior-selective-simple-equilibration-4-1-126x75.jpg 126w, https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/anterior-selective-simple-equilibration-4-1-480x285.jpg 480w, https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/anterior-selective-simple-equilibration-4-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After photo: edge-to-edge bite now stabilized by smoother edges.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Gordon Christensen, dental equilibration (bite balancing) might be one of the most widely UNDER-utilized services in dentistry. \u2013\u00a0JADA April 2005 136(4): 497&#8211;499; 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