Bausch OccluSense - 5 Contraindications; 6 Expected Clinical Benefit

5 Contraindications
The OccluSense
®
-System is for professional use only (see chapter 3) and is not suitable
for:
Patients with edentulous jaw •
Patients with incomplete full-grown jaw •
6 Expected clinical benet
Using this system it is possible to check the patient´s masticatory pressure distribution.
In comparison to traditional occlusion test materials (papers, foils), the system does
not only show the local premature contacts on the occlusal surfaces of the teeth, but
due to the OccluSense
®
-iPad-App it is possible to see a graphical representation of
occlusal pressure conditions on the iPad.
It is possible to visualize the proportion of the masticatory forces of the entire dental
arch and thus a support for the practitioner for further patient-oriented therapy planning
is provided. Several recordings can be compared, e.g. before and after dental treatment,
and can be saved on the iPad for documentation purposes.
Therapeutic measures must not be applied on the basis of the data of the OccluSense
®
-
System only, further information is required, in order to achieve a comprehensive diag-
nosis. The representation of the masticatory forces does not allow any conclusions
regarding the actual exerted forces (absolute values). These are relative value repre-
sentations.
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