Bite Adjustment

The following might indicate the need for a bite adjustment:

• Pain upon chewing.
• Excessive enamel wear.
• Tooth movement or looseness.
• Bone loss around teeth as detected by x-ray.
• TMJ (jaw joint) involvement.
  

The therapy may include:

• Reshaping the biting surfaces of the teeth and eliminating spots of excessive pressures where the teeth are brought into contact. This is done by carefully dividing bite pressures evenly across all of the teeth.
• Bite splint therapy using a custom-fitted and adjusted plastic bite guard to keep the teeth apart, day, night, or both.
• Braces to reposition mal-aligned or drifted teeth.
• Replacement of old, worn out, or damaged fillings.
• Reconstruction of badly worn and damaged teeth.