The linked titles below are 8-10 minute video clips of Dr. Boyd describing concepts from the
corresponding PowerPoint Video show (each linked segment will open in a new browser window).
The INTRODUCTION plus PURPOSEFUL FUNCTION (all six sections) qualify for one unit of CE.
INSIGHTS ON PARAFUNCTION (sections 7-16) qualifies for two units of CE.
PRINCIPLES OF PARAFUNCTIONAL CONTROL (parts 1-8) qualifies for two units of CE.
Introduction: (click here to view the PowerPoint Video corresponding subject titles)
Introduction: Historical perspective overview - Active Elevation - A three-legged stool? - Definition of Dentistry - TMDaVinci Code of Occlusion
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Purposeful Function: (click here to view the PowerPoint Video corresponding subject titles) Section 1: DIAGNOSIS definition - Function obligates Form - Trigeminal Sensory Modulation
| Section 2: Trigeminal motor and sensory root - Electric motors - Muscle fiber innervation - What EMG represents - Normal incising with minimal resistance
| | Section 3: Normal incising with minimal resistance - Incising upon considerable resistance - Crushing considerable resistance - Trigeminal motor circuitry completion - Occluding circuitry completion - Motor activity = Masticatory activity - Fourth factor of motor activity | | Section 4: Masticatory innervation, CR INTRO - Basics of mand. position & movement FROM CR | Section 5: Clenching: Purposeful Necessity? - Function dictates Form provides Function - Temporalis vs. Masseter - Muscle responsibility of "working movement"
| Section 6: Interference to working closure (start) - Deprogramming to reveal interferences - Extremes of purposeful function
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Insights on Parafunction: (click here to view the corresponding PowerPoint Video subject titles) Section 7: Functional mandibular positions - Lateral pterygoid maximum intensity - Resistance to Opening - Dentistry stipulates closed
| Section 8: Final closing vs. Initial Re-opening - Encountering resistance to opening - Propulsion of twin entine boats
| Section 9: How joints are strained - Mandibular propulsion motors - Collision patterns of motor hyperactivity
| | Section 10: Insight on "cervical parafunction" - PARAFUNCTION diagnosis and description | Section 11: Parafunction description (it's all relative) - Catagories of Parafunctional Occluding Schemes - The continuum of parafunction
| Section 12: Catagories of Parafunctional Occluding Schemes - Traditional Splint Therapy Failure - Sleep Cycles
| Section 13: Primary Clenching - Occlusal Therapy Treats Parafunction (Dawson)
| | Section 14: Where a traditional splint fails - Goals for splint therapy - Deprogrammer enhancement - Michael Melkers DVD - NON-distalization due to incisal contact - Non-realistic observation of articulators | Section 15: Error in excessive VDO of splint therapy - Error of excessive VDO in extreme protrusion - Addressing parafunctional occluding schemes with an Enhanced Deprogrammer - Treating pathologic condyle
| | Section 16: Mini Implant Screws to close VDO (Temporary Anchoring Devices, TADs) (start) - TMDaVinci Code Breaking (2:02) |
Principles of Parafunctional Control -
(click here to view the corresponding PowerPoint Video subject titles)Part 1 Intro - Principles of Parafunctional Control - Three possible therapeutic outcomes
| | Part 2 Limits of Purposeful Protrusion - Purposeless Protusive "Function" - Therepeutic goals in protrusion - Excessive VDO in protrusion - Extending DE for protrusive clencher | | Part 3 How and when to increase VDO of the DE - Typical reduction of DE in protrusive - Improper delivery of a maxillary device - The tangent surface of the IG device | | Part 4 Avioding upper canine on lower DE - Posterior contact in excursive - Maintain minimal VDO in protrusive - Deep bite with a "Z" step device - Excessive VDO with "standard" device | | Part 5 Revealing a click - Protrusion increases as resistance decreases - Excursion increases as resistance decreases - Severe excursion with posterior contact - Adapting for excessive protrusion | Part 6 DE design for severe class II - DE design for class III - Group parafunction - Bilateral posterior excursive contacts - Clinical: Multiple tx failures
| | Part 7 Opposing Slider - Anterior deprogrammer / Daytime device - Revealing posterior interference - AOB: Comparing before/after models - Dynamics of a developed AOB (dentist's goals vs. patient's goals) | Part 8 Vacuum-formed devices - NTI over full-mouth brackets
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The TMDavinci Code 
