Occlusal Cervical Restoration – An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Treatment of Patterned Occlusal Pathomechanics

This advanced course is designed to assist the dentist, or the healthcare professional, who is interested in occlusal pathomechanic behavior that is related to common, upright human unaligned cervical patterns. Specific cervical assessment tests, equilibration recommendations, and PRI evidence-based, proven upright frontal plane activity, incorporating podal integration, will be offered for the general dentist and clinical movement specialist. Optimizing desirable, bilateral re-occlusal sense for centric upright pharyngeal airway position and occipital balance, in the dental office will be addressed. Specific designed PRI occlusal orthotics will enable the dentist to eventually recalibrate and equilibrate occlusal interference associated with a centric oriented neck. Upright alternating shifting of body mass influenced by mandibular lateral translation, through specific posterior lateral occlusal sensory awareness, will remind the course attendee that oscillatory alternating lateral excursion of the mandible, is the most important oral and orthopedic postural activity generated by occlusal influence on the sphenoid and head.

Prior attendance of Cervical Revolution is required. *Dentists may attend without prior attendance of Cervical Revolution.
**If you are a PT, Chiropractor or other movement specialist attending this course WITH a dentist, you are eligible for an interdisciplinary team discount. Use the code PTDENTIST at checkout to receive 20% off. Please add the name of the dentist/PT team in the notes section at checkout as well. If you use this code and you are not attending with a dentist (or dentist attending with a PT for example), you will be charged full price.

Educational Level: Advanced

Instructional Methods: Lecture, demonstration, clinical application, case discussion, and Q&A

OBJECTIVES:

• Recognize patterned occlusal pathomechanics and their possible underlying biomechanical contribution.
• Outline the influences on occlusal interferences and orientation of teeth from temporal bone orientation and temporal muscle activity.
• Correlate outcomes of straight leg raise, standing lateral shift and overhead reach with occlusal influences prior to and following fabrication and equilibration of mandibular occipital integrated occlusal orthotics.
• Outline how to optimize oral and body posture through collaborative integration between the dentist and the functional movement specialist using non-manual PRI techniques and oral appliance equilibration.

Ron Hruska – Faculty