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Splints & Night Guards

Spear Anterior Deprogrammer

The restorative dentist's deprogrammer: thin, full coverage, an anterior platform and nothing touching in the back.

Spear Anterior Deprogrammer: product photograph coming soon

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A 1 to 1.5 mm hard acrylic splint covering the full upper arch, with a flat anterior platform that the lower incisors and canines meet in even, simultaneous contact. The posteriors are discluded. Worn for a few days to a few weeks, it releases the elevator muscles so the condyles seat, which is why it is used to find and record centric relation before a restorative case.

Ask for it with an anterior guidance ramp and it becomes the full-contact splint with anterior guidance, the long-term night appliance from the same school. Tell us which you want, the arch and the bite.

Commonly prescribed for

  • Deprogramming before CR records and equilibration
  • Bruxism and muscle pain
  • Diagnostic splint before a restorative case

Construction and adjustment

Coverage
Full maxillary arch, 1 to 1.5 mm
Occlusion
Flat anterior platform, cuspid to cuspid, six-point contact; posteriors discluded
Variant
With anterior guidance ramp for full-time night wear
Bite required
CO

You specify

  • Platform only or with guidance ramp
  • Thickness
  • Clasps
  • Tint

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