Reviews and Testimonials
This new and updated version of The Handbook of Research on T-Scan Technology Applications in Dental Medicine encompasses the subjects of Computerized Occlusal Analysis and the science of Measured Digital Occlusion, which together over the past 40 years have evolved many clinical and research T-Scan applications within Dental Occlusion, Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics, Implant - supported Prosthodontics, Periodontics, Orthodontics, Aesthetic Dentistry, Tooth Hypersensitivity, Temporomandibular Disorders, Orofacial and Cervical Dystonias, Mandibular Orthosis, and Body Posture and Balance.
Most importantly, the clinical implementation of the T-Scan 10 technology is a major diagnostic and treatment advance for dental patients compared to the traditional, highly subjective, non-digital occlusal indicator methods that dentists have employed for the past 150 years. The force and timing data from the T-Scan 10 has definitively improved occlusal diagnosis, but can also be used to guide high-precision occlusal adjustments that optimize both occlusal function and masticatory muscle health. Today, the T-Scan offers research-validated solutions to many common occlusal problems that practicing dentists regularly encounter, and which dental patients commonly suffer from, that traditional subjective occlusion has found no answers for.
The Handbook of Research on T-Scan Technology Applications in Dental Medicine is a multi-author compilation that is all about publishing tomorrow’s research today. Each highly-detailed chapter describes modern measured occlusal concepts and techniques that studies show can dramatically enhance patient occlusal outcomes and comfort. These computer-based treatments are way ahead of how Traditional Occlusion is commonly practiced (with ink markings, paper strips, waxes, and stone models) because T-Scan treatments are futuristic in nature. An example of this can be seen with TMD patients, whom today when not treated with the T-Scan must sleep with and wear cumbersome splints, nightguards and orthotics, and must endure painful, frequent Botox injections just trying to control and manage their TMD pain. This is because traditional TMD treatment modalities do not physically remove painful TMD conditions.
But if that same “managed” TMD patient undergoes the computer-guided occlusal treatment protocols detailed in the new Handbook of Research on T-Scan Technology Applications in Dental Medicine, that patient will live and sleep without the cumbersome splints, nightguards and orthotics, and without needing frequent, painful Botox injections. T-Scan treated Patients don’t need to wear anything or take any medications, because their symptoms actually just “go away”. Multiple studies have repeatedly shown T-Scan treated TMD patients have improved quality of life because tomorrow’s T-Scan effective TMD solution is available today from an educated and knowledgeable T-Scan dentist.
Lastly, the Handbook of Research on T-Scan Technology Applications in Dental Medicine distinguishes itself from most other Dental Occlusion textbooks by being the only published Measured Digital Occlusion textbook. Reading its’ many pages will greatly advance a dentist’s understanding of how to diagnose, treat, and resolve many pathological occlusal conditions that have persistently challenged Dentists, worldwide.
– Robert Kerstein, Former Assistant Clinical Professor, Tufts University