BiteFX animations help patients comprehend otherwise difficult-to-understand topics. You know the oft-quoted phrases: “Seeing is believing” “A picture is worth a thousand words”; with BiteFX you experience daily why these sayings are so well known when your patients respond “That’s obvious!” and “Why has no one ever explained .....
Dr. Michael Bezbatchenko of Westerville, OH, states: “Rehabilitation Orthotic Splints are an integral part of our Trigeminaly Mediated Disorder treatment. BiteFX helps to explain the medical necessity of treatment to the patient. The investment for this software is easily covered by the number of cases .....
BiteFX helps you communicate the key concepts of occlusion to your patients. Because your patients can see how their bite ought to work, they are better able to accept your treatment recommendations. Explaining occlusion need no longer be a challenge - BiteFX gives you the visual explanations that make things .....
Here’s what our customers have to say about the BiteFX Experience:
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Here’s what our customers have to say about the BiteFX Experience:
"BiteFX has been an amazing addition to our consultation experience! Our patients, both new and existing, have given rave reviews.”
-Richard Rogers, DDS, Frederick, MD
“I’ve been using BiteFX for a while now. Of course it’s a great communicating tool! I’ve been using it with my patients because it helps them understand what’s going on with their mouths. They see that displaced disc and when the condyle comes back underneath they get all excited and point to the screen and say ‘That’s it, that’s what I’ve got, that’s what I feel’’. The patients can relate to what they see because of the simplicity and clarity of BiteFX. “As you also know, I’ve founded a learning center in TMJ-Occlusion. BiteFX is part of all my teachings. It helps us revise basic anatomy, physiology and masticatory system function in a user friendly way BiteFX is the most useful tool for patient education. The animations and interface are really well designed. There are no superfluous details so that patients quickly understand the essentials. I recommend BiteFX to all my students.”
Alain Aubé, DMD, Quebec, Canada, President, Canadian Occlusion Institute
“This software is so vital in helping me move my patients forward that the cost is irrelevant compared to what is does for my practice, and my patients.”
Hal Stewart, DDS, Flower Mound, TX, Co-Founder, The Texas Center for Occlusal Studies
“My wife, who is not a clinical person at all but works as my office manager, agrees that when faced with tough budget decisions, BiteFX would be the absolute last thing we would cut from our practice. I would rather sell my car, which is completely paid for, then get rid of BiteFX.” At other times Dr. Toomey has commented to us: • “In ten minutes I can get a patient to accept a splint with BiteFX, but it would take me hours without it.” • “BiteFX plants seeds and grows huge gardens” • “BiteFX has an exponential effect – it builds over time.”
Chris Toomey, DDS, Towson, MD
“Many of my patients understand occlusion better than the average dentist—because BiteFX helps them get it!”
John Cranham, DDS, Chesapeake, VA, Clinical Director, The Dawson Academy
“Before I found BiteFX my practice was doing OK but I was frustrated that many patients weren’t accepting the treatments that I could see they clearly needed. When I started using BiteFX lights started to come on – for both my patients AND my staff! Suddenly people were getting what I was trying to tell them, they were actually identifying their own problems, no more blank stares! BiteFX helped us triple our Invisalign numbers. BiteFX truly helped me transform my practice.”
Joe Gaudio, DDS, Chester, NJ
“Establishing a stable, balanced occlusion is a critical part of the treatment I offer my patients. Many times Invisalign is a key element in my being able to give that stable, balanced occlusion. I have found that using BiteFX to explain their functional need for the orthodontic work makes all the difference in the patients accepting the overall treatment plan. Nowadays I wouldn’t attempt to propose this type of work without using BiteFX.”
Raj Upadya, DMD, Florham Park, NJ and Director, Dawson Academy India
"I am absolutely convinced I cannot provide patients the care and education about TMD without your product. BiteFX is comprehensive, relevant, and accurate."
Greg Guichet, DDS, Orange CA
“I'm sure you hear this all the time but BiteFX has completely changed my practice!!! When I show patients the animations they just get it! They are so impressed. They are asking me for treatment!! I don't have to "sell " (I don't like using that word) anything!!”
Danilo Strumendo, BDent, NSW, Australia
“In my practice of restorative, reconstructive dentistry BiteFX is just as important as the face bow, articulator or radiographs. BiteFX is an important tool for communication with my staff, patients, interdisciplinary team-orthodontist, periodontist, endodontist and oral surgeon. I also use the BiteFX program extensively to teach concepts of occlusion to my colleagues throughout the USA and Europe.”
Margareta Gavrila, DDS, Chino CA
“Patients suddenly understand why their jaw seems to click!...”
Mark Hargreaves, BDS, LDS, DGDP
"One of the best tutorials I've seen for explaining occlusal disease to patients. The reasons for occlusal therapy are explained with excellent animations and anatomic accuracy."
Peter Dawson, DDS, St. Petersburg, FL, Founder, The Dawson Academy
“There isn't one day that goes by that I am not thankful for you guys and the hard work that you put in to better your product. I do not know where I would be without BiteFX.”
TJ Bolt, Omaha, NE, Mentor with the Schuster Center Performance Coach program
"Thank you for the great job you are doing there. My patients are finding the bite animations very informative and I am learning all the time new things of your letters and webinars."
Marja -Liisa Räisänen, Finland
"Within the first 2 weeks of using BiteFX in my practice, I had 2 patients make appointments for further bite analysis and 2 patients make appointments for bite equilibration. BiteFX made occlusion case presentations so much easier and understandable."
Fred Peck, DDS, Cincinnati, OH
“BiteFX is an awesome revolutionary product.”
Steve Killian, CDT, Killian Dental Ceramics, Irvine, CA
“When we started using Invisalign we were thinking of it mainly as a tool to enhance the esthetics of people’s smiles. Dr. Gaudio mentioned occlusal disease but neither we nor the patients could really see the connection. However, once I saw the concepts explained with BiteFX the lights came on for me. I could see clearly what signs and symptoms suggested the patient was a candidate for Invisalign treatment. With just a few BiteFX animations I help the patients understand their problem. Once they understand that we want to improve the function and health of their teeth, that we’re not just trying to sell them a beautification treatment, they become much more interested in learning more. They are ready to hear the details from Dr. Gaudio and accept his treatment recommendations. It’s really rewarding knowing that I’m making a significant difference for these patients whose problems might otherwise go unnoticed until the symptoms are much, much worse.”
Anita Kochis, RDH, Chester, NJ
"BiteFX enables me to gain acceptance for proceeding with occlusal analysis and its explanations for my patients. It unlocks the mystery of abfractions, tooth fracture and muscle pain with my patients. It helps me gain acceptance for my treatment plans as well."
Dr. John Cloud, Little Rock, AR
“Love the Repositioning Teeth animation. I have used it many times already. The patient really understands incline interferences when I show this and it has helped me explain what good treatment and results look like.”
Matthew Teich, DDS, White Plains, NY
“I loved the categorization of the presentations, represented by tiles, including hygiene. I'm sure many folks will find that very handy particularly hygienists, who most probably will focus exclusively on their area.”
Shereen Azer, BDS, MSc, MS, FACP, Ohio State University, OH
“I think that the presentation sets are all very well done. I am awestruck with the high quality and value of this updated version!”
Gary Pape, DDS, MA Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA
"Once I saw the animation of BiteFX it explained completely what was going on with my mouth breaking teeth, recession. BiteFX helped me see visually what I knew was going on with my mouth but no one else was explaining to me."
Susan Beeman, DA/Patient
"When my dentist used the animations to show me the reason all of my back teeth were worn down and loose, I immediately accepted his entire treatment recommendations. I'd never seen such a logical explanation. It made total sense."
Frank Holt, patient
"Using BiteFX my dentist showed me how my lower jaw was designed to be in a different position. I immediately scheduled for a full mouth of much needed cosmetic dentistry."
Barbara Harwin, Patient
“I knew I had this grinding problem when I woke up in the mornings and had a sense of regret that I was wearing my teeth down. I could see the signs that I was wearing my teeth down. Having moved around frequently I had had a number of dentists and I asked them what I could do. I had a mouth piece I would sleep in to prevent grinding the teeth but it was uncomfortable and it prevented sleeping well so I didn’t use it consistently. I’d continue to ask – and the most recent dentist said “I’m sorry you are just going to grind your teeth the rest of your life.” Then I found Dr. Reid and I was actually reluctant to believe it, I didn’t want to get my hopes up that anything could be done to cure the problem. But he did have the visual evidence and he had a good explanation and he was very convincing. Then after the procedure it still took me a while to let myself believe it, but a year later I’m thoroughly convinced that I’m not grinding my teeth and it’s an absolute resolution of a problem I’ve had for 25 years. I’m cured.”
Don Carr, Patient
“At the second appointment, my husband Ray and I sat in front of a computer screen as Dr. Reid walked us through numerous images of how my flawed bite was functioning and why. This took probably 25 minutes but it was a fascinating 25 minutes. We saw pictures and were able to have a dialogue with the dentist that would have been impossible without BiteFX that showed the problem and the proposed remedy so graphically and so clearly. There is simply no way that a non-pictorial presentation could have had the same impact. Seeing the current “before” status of my bite contrasted with the proposed “after” results made the decision to proceed immediate and easy.”
Marilee Garland, Patient
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-Richard Rogers, DDS.
“BiteFX has been an amazing addition to our consultation experience!”
Alain Aubé, DMD
“I recommend BiteFX to all my students.”
Hal Stewart, DDS
“… so vital in helping me move my patients forward that the cost is irrelevant”
Chris Toomey, DDS
“BiteFX is the last thing we would cut if times were tough”
John Cranham, DDS
“… patients understand occlusion better than the average dentist!”
Joe Gaudio, DDS
“… tripled our Invisalign numbers”
Raj Upadya, DMD:
“… using BiteFX to explain their functional need for the orthodontic work makes all the difference”
Greg Guichet, DDS
“… cannot provide patients the care and education about TMD without your product”
Danilo Strumendo, BDent
“When I show patients the animations they just get it”
Margareta Gavrila, DDS
“BiteFX is just as important...”
Mark Hargreaves, BDS, LDS, DGDP
“Patients suddenly understand why their jaw seems to click!...”
Peter Dawson, DDS
“One of the best tutorials I’ve seen for explaining occlusal disease…”
T. J. Bolt, DDS
“I do not know where I would be without BiteFX.”
Marja -Liisa Räisänen
“My patients are finding the bite animations very informative”
Fred Peck, DDS
“BiteFX made occlusion case presentations so much easier and understandable...”
Steve Killian, CDT
“BiteFX is an awesome revolutionary product.”
Anita Kochis, RDH
“… the lights came on for me …”
John Cloud, DDS
“ BiteFX enables me to gain acceptance for proceeding with occlusal analysis...”
Matthew Teich, DDS
“Love the Repositioning Teeth animation. I have used it many times already.”
Shereen Azer, BDS
“I loved the categorization of the presentations, represented by tiles, including hygiene.”
Gary Pape, DDS
“I am awestruck with the high quality and value of this updated version!”
Susan Beeman D/A, Patient
“Once I saw the animation of BiteFX it explained completely what was going on…”
Frank Holt, Patient
“I’d never seen such a logical explanation.”
Barbara Harwin, Patient
“I immediately scheduled …”
Don Carr, Patient
“I was actually reluctant to believe it … but he had the visual evidence …”
Marilee Garland, Patient
“We … were able to have a dialogue … that would have been impossible without BiteFX”
Basically occlusion is how your teeth come together – your "bite".
From the dentist's perspective it is a critical element to understand as there are several factors that combine to give you a good, healthy bite – one that functions well and in which teeth, jaw and muscles are not stressed beyond their limits.
"Occlusal disease", "malocclusion" or a "bad bite" is very common and can occur for a variety of reasons. Diagnosing the condition and treating it correctly are important as it can cause many problems as described under “Symptoms” below.
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