Take the bite out of headaches!
What is functional bite assessment?
Functional bite assessment determines the relationship of how your teeth bite and function together. Having a functional bite assessment completed is critical to ensuring the proper longevity of your teeth and maintenance of good oral health. A comprehensive functional bite assessment is best performed by a dentist who has taken additional focused training beyond dental school.
The dentist can detect inferences between teeth, spots of pressure overload, muscle dysfunction and many other aspects of malocclusion.
Malocclusion is defined as an incorrect bite or how your teeth come together. A person can have varying degrees of malocclusion. Sometimes the result of malocclusion is a person suffering from headaches or migraines.
Do you experience debilitating headaches? If you’ve not thought about your teeth as a contributing factor to your headaches, it’s time to give that some consideration and do further investigating.
If so, seeking out a dentist that has the ability to make a comprehensive assessment of your bite can help you regain a greater quality of life by reducing or eliminating headaches.
The dentist will take some measurements and use specialized equipment to study your bite. A digital scan of your teeth will often be taken so you also can see how your teeth come together. Then after the information is gathered, treatment options are given.
Just like there are varying degrees of malocclusion, there a variety of solutions that can help patients. Sometimes the solution is very simple and can be life changing.
