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Just an update of Consult thread
Patient finally decided to try and save teeth but would not see periodontist for surgery or ortho for extrusions . Patient also wouldn’t wear braces for the 3rd time. 14 probed 10+ mm.
1 week post op LPT (Periolase) of left side TX. Time for some occlusal adjustment. Found it very interesting the correlation between which teeth were in hyperocclusion and where the bone loss was most severe.
TEK Scan movie before adjustment
TEK Scan w/ adjustment. Further adjustment was done right side #5 after this movie.
After adjustment patient sat up and said “WOW, that’s the first time I’ve been able to bite on both sides since I got braces off”.
Made my day!
We’ll see if we can get some new attachment and bone back.
Here ya go….
This corresponds to the 78.7%/21.3% movie above.
BTW, the cost went up Jan 1 and I believe I’ve heard its closer to 7K now
Cool. Thanks Ron.
Yeah, the price I’m not sure of. I bought mine 5 years ago, and I may have forgotten the price. I do know I paid full retail, and I have no $$ interest in the company. I lectured for them once, but received no compensation, expense remuneration, no free stuff, no free sensors, not nothin’, which is what I insisted on.
I called the lecture “Occlusion for Dummies” and I was the Dummy!!
Just a bit of follow-up.
Pt tx last April. Disappeared for 10 months except 1st 3 month recall ($- this health professional decided not to participate with BCBS and it has devistated his practice, but that’s another story).
Showed up when he popped out #7. 7& 10 removed and bonded back into place. No recall since July. bonded 7 back in place and did some probing, adjusted occlusion more in area 14/15. No mobility or bleeding anywhere. Convinced pt to set appointment for recall and to take some new xrays.
Today patient called and canceled recall, guess the xrays will have to wait. I was pleased with the result but would like to retx 13/14/15 area.