Bioesthetic Dentistry is the finest form of Dental Science offered in the world today. The results produce a long-lasting functional and beautiful smile in a pain free chewing system.

Bioesthetic Dentistry uses nature as a model, Natures design, rather than a man made reinvention. Our model is based on what is successful in nature. Why do some people have worn or destroyed chewing systems at 50,30, even 20 years of age, while others have little or no tooth wear into their 90's?

Bioesthetic Dentistry integrates the four principles of the physiological systems;

• Stable and healthy joints
  
• Anterior guidance of the teeth (Front Teeth protect the back teeth when chewing)
  
• Teeth that are in their natural genetic form
  
• Chewing muscles that are relaxed

Nature determines how we bite and chew our food. The teeth are only one part of the process. The foundation of comprehensive dentistry is that the dentist identifies and corrects problems not only with individual teeth but also with how the teeth, jaws and muscles function together as a whole. To achieve stability, health and comfort, all these components must operate in harmony. If any one of these is out of balance, the entire system will be affected.

You may not even be aware of it, like heart disease or diabetes; it can take years before you may become aware of the damage that is occurring because many of the signs and symptoms seem to be unrelated to bite problems.

Your teeth, gums, bone, ligaments and muscles are all interrelated and should work together in a nondestructive manner. This is why it is important for everything to be in harmony with the jaw joint. The temporomandibular joint connects to the skull with the bone of the lower jaw (mandible). Cushioning these two bones is a thin fibrous disk which acts as a shock absorber.

The joint is supported by five muscles. When the lower jaw is fully seated in the socket and the muscles are relaxed, it is in the most stable position, and all your teeth should touch at the same time when you close.

In some people, a poorly aligned or misshaped tooth may hit first when closing. This is called interference. As the jaw continues to close, it will slide forward into a full bite and pull the joint forward away ideal position.

If your front teeth have wear it usually means that you have an unstable jaw joint. This instability is due to interferences among the back teeth which prevent the jaw from moving in a stable position. You probably can't feel the interferences when you are awake, but at night when your muscles relax you are likely to collide on these interferences which triggers muscle spasms. Day Time: The brain will always program the muscles to position the jaw so that the teeth meet. In order to avoid interferences the jaw will move out of the socket thus causing an unstable chewing stroke.

Night time: While sleeping the muscles relax and the jaw goes into the socket while swallowing, thus exposing the interference as seen in the photo. This is a dangerous relationship that exerts excessive, destructive force on the teeth and other chewing system components.

This is the reason that many people grind or clench their teeth at night. The grinding is an effort to avoid the interferences or the obstacles that prohibits the joint from seating in its natural position. This is a avoidance behavior similar to the learned behavior to touching a hot stove. The most common place to grind is on the front teeth. With healthy teeth (right), as you slide your front teeth together, the back teeth separate avoiding the contact between the upper back teeth and the lower teeth or the interference that keeps the joint from being stable.

The upper pictures are the desirable. Note the separation between the teeth in the upper right. The lower pictures show destructive forces being placed on the teeth because the back teeth cannot be separated or avoided while sliding forward.

Anytime: Nature's design, is that which is when the jaw is in the socket while chewing and swallowing, supporting long term health through stable joint position.

Our goal is to regain stable condylar position, make a diagnosis based on that position, and then (and only then) restore a bite that supports that position of a comfortable, efficient function of the chewing system.