BiteFX V1.1 Released!BiteFX V1.1 was released at the 53rd AES Annual Meeting in Chicago. BiteFX now has twice as many animations and several cool new features to make it easier to use and a better tool for explaining the concepts of occlusion. Over the next few weeks we will be updating the Website to reflect the new release. For now you can check out the BiteFX V1.1 Brochure.
If you have BiteFX V1.0 you need to purchase the upgrade now! All BiteFX users who saw the new version at the AES Meeting purchased the upgrade in a heartbeat!
Overview
BiteFX is a tool that helps you communicate the key concepts of occlusion to your clients. Because your clients 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 obvious.
Highlights
- 20 animations based on 3D computer models of the skull, jaw and teeth
- High resolution, dental microscope pictures accompany each animation
- Easy to use interface designed to help you present the concepts to your patients
- Establishes you as a technically-savvy, expert on occlusion
Detailed Features and Benefits
BiteFX Helps You Communicate the Following Concepts:
- Proper position of the TMJ
- Elements of the TMJ assembly
- Function of the bi-concave collagen articular disc
- Need for TMJ to be fully seated with teeth contacting simultaneously
- Centric relation
- Centric occlusion
- Opening/closing motion of the jaw (rotation followed by rotation + translation)
- Normal coordinated muscle function (digastric, masseters, temporalis, lateral pterygoids)
- Muscle functions: opening, closing, positioning
- Only closing muscles in tension when the bite is closed
- Coordinated activity of the upper and lower pterygoid muscles
- Anterior guidance - forward and sideways movement
- Why fixing front teeth first makes sense
- How molars should contact (peaks to valleys)
- Why quality lab work is important
- How all teeth should come together
Having helped you establish an understanding of the stable bite, it illustrates these elements of a destructive bite:
- TMJ not in centric relation
- Lateral pterygoid overwork to hold jaw on slope of eminence
- Strain on the articular disc
- Articular disc distortion over time
- TMJ disorders are a progressive disease
- Causes of jaw clicking
- Cause of jaw locking
- Possible TMJ bone deterioration
- Bruxing molars and its effects on:
- teeth (loosening, wearing, fracturing)
- muscles
- nerve sensitivity
- Bruxing canines and the effects of loss of canine guidance:, ETC.
- molar loosening
- abfractions
- gum recession
- How incorrect molar contact can lead to loosening teeth
Animations
BiteFX's animations give insight into the workings of occlusion - removing the veil of mist that has prevented people from gaining a good understanding in the past. By using 3D models of actual skulls and artistically pleasing muscle models, BiteFX provides a visually pleasing view of the workings of the jaw that helps you hold your clients' interest.
You need to see the animations in action to truly appreciate their value.
Call 1-877-2BiteFX (1-877-224-8339) for a trial copy of the product.
The animations provided are:
- Stable bite: Skull Only
Opening/closing action with articular disc. No muscles so that the focus can be on the motions of the jaw and disc.
- Stable bite: Opening/Closing Muscles
Opening/closing action introducing the functioning of the opening and closing muscles.
- Stable: Positioning Muscles
Close-up of the TMJ showing the functioning of the positioning (lateral pterygoid) muscles in opening/closing.
- Stable: All Muscles
Split view showing the wide angle of animation 2 and the close-up of animation 3, working synchronously.
- Front Teeth Protecting: Sideways
Anterior guidance of the canines - how sliding the jaw sideways maintaining canine contact should produce a separation of the molars.
- Front Teeth Protecting: Forward
Forward anterior guidance - how sliding the jaw forwards maintaining front tooth contact should produce a separation of the molars.
- Molar Contact - Correct
Two dimensional cross-section of molars coming together. Illustrates that contacts should be peaks with valleys and how the force generated by such contacts are along the vertical axes of the teeth.
- Stable: Tooth Contacts
Illustration of the teeth closing, showing where the ideal contacts should be (upper jaw/skull fade away to show the contacts on all the teeth of the lower jaw).
- Destructive: Skull Only
Similar motion to animation 1, but showing the position of the jaw in an acquired bite where the condyles are not fully seated in the skull's socket.
- Destructive: All Muscles
Split view, similar to animation 4, showing functioning of all muscles as a jaw that is not in CR opens and closes.
- TMJ Disc Distortion
Animation that shows opening and closing of the temporal mandibular joint as the articular disc undergoes progressive distortion - from minor stretching, through clicking, locking, rupture and bone grinding.
- Bruxing without Muscles
Example bruxing motion with no muscles.
- Bruxing with Muscles Close Up
Example bruxing motion with a close-up view that excludes the massetor muscle.
- Bruxing with Muscles Wide Angle Example bruxing motion with a wider-angle view that includes the massetor muscle.
- Bruxing: Effect on Molars
Example bruxing motion that shows how the contact-bearing molar can be loosened and depressed.
- Bruxing Sideways: Effect on Canine/Molars
Illustration of bruxing of canines that accelerates the wear so that the viewer can see loss of anterior guidance, resultant molar contact and possible creation of abractions.
- Molar Contact - Incorrect
Unstable version of animation 7, a 2D cross-section of molars in which a peak of one molar meets the slope of the other, resulting in sideways forces that displace the upper tooth.
- Positioning Muscles: Comparison
Animation 3 placed alongside a similar animation of a destructive bite so the difference in pterygoid function in clenching can be discussed.
- Opening/Closing Muscles: Comparison
Animations 4 and 10 placed side-by-side.
- Molar Contact: Comparison
Animations 7 and 17 placed side-by-side.
Photographs
Photographs are associated with each animation and can be displayed by clicking on the photo button. They help illustrate the concepts or effects demonstrated in the animations. Examples of photos:
Forward anterior guidance 
No canine guidance
Close-up of worn teeth
Interface
Guidelines
BiteFX provides the following guides and documentation to help you make the most of the product:
Welcome and Help Instructions: When you first invoke BiteFX, and any time you press F1, you see a pane that gives basic instructions on using the product.
| Info Pane: |
The Info button  is always available to bring up a list of points that |
| describe the current animation. A useful introduction to each animation or reminder of points to communicate. |
Animation Guide: Provided in printed form as a quick reference for reviewing the available animations, understanding their purpose and seeing suggestions for how to use each animation. Also available on your computer in Adobe PDF form.
User Guide: Detailed description of all parts of the product and how to use it.
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