Traditional splint therapy often ignores the potential extremes of parafunction, thereby causing therapeutic "failure". Anticipating the extremes of parafunctional movements dictates the design of a...
The design of traditional therapy assumes a "normal" functional range of purposeful activity. However, nocturnal parafunction often exceeds the range of purposeful function.
Nocturnal parafunction (bruxism) is the proportionate combination of the elevation musculature (temporalis) vs. the depressing/translating musculature (lateral pterygoids), which results in the dynamic nature of...
