- How do we know when should we increase VOD and how much?
- Vertical dimension of occlusion (VOD).
- Increasing VOD in excessive tooth wear
- MIPP technique
- 1-1,3-2-3 relation in increasing VOD
- What is the dentoalveolar compensation.
- The effect of raising VOD on the cervical spine and pain in the trigeminal nerve nuclei.
- Cephalometric analysis of the cervical spine (analysis of intervertebral spaces and the cranio-cervical angle) and the position of the hyoid bone – crucial for achieving muscle balance and making it possible to raise occlusion successfully.
- Basic photo protocol for aesthetic planning.
- Establishing the height of the deprogrammer platform using a modified DSD protocol.
- DSD in patients with significant tooth abrasion (teeth not visible when patient smiles). How to establish the right aesthetics at the preliminary stage.
- VOD checklist – if you follow this you can increase the VOD as much as you need