Take a deep dive into critical dental industry topics with Avant Dental’s comprehensive and free dental whitepapers. All our white papers are based on research and interviews with topic-area experts and specialists with relevant, hands-on experience in dental industry fields.
Holding an Advanced Diploma in Dental Prosthetics and with over 15 years as a dental technician and 10 years as a dental prosthetist, Kylie is Avant Dental Lab’s in-house dentures expert. She provides critical advice and support to dentists on complex splint and denture cases, troubleshooting technical problems to ensure consistently better patient outcomes.
Adjunct Associate Professor Neil Peppitt is a Sydney-based specialist prosthodontist and a Clinical Professor at The University of Sydney School of Dentistry. Dr Peppitt is also a former president of ADA NSW, and has also served as Director of the Australian Dental Council and Chairman of the Dental Corporation’s Clinical Advisory Panel.
Dr Damian Teo is Director of the Melbourne Dental Sleep Clinic. He has a Masters of Dentistry from Latrobe University, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Dental Sleep Medicine from the University of Western Australia. Dr Teo is a member of the Australasian Sleep Association (ASA), and completed extensive postgraduate training with world-renowned sleep medicine and TMJ disorder specialists.
Diagnosing and treating bruxism is becoming an every-day challenge for dentists – with as many as one in three patients potentially affected. Yet despite the widespread occurrence of bruxism, several challenges persist in accurately diagnosing and effectively treating the disorder.
This white paper explores the dental wear patterns and associated symptoms dentists must accurately evaluate to differentiate between normal teeth clenching and excessive bruxism, and avoid the misdiagnosis of acid erosion as bruxism.
It also investigates misconceptions surrounding splint treatments that can hinder decision-making and optimal patient care, and examines when specialist intervention may be required to consult on severe bruxism cases where malocclusion needs to be corrected.
