Splints - Rodwell Orthodontic Laboratory

Hard/soft - Michigan

Our ComfiFit Hard/soft splint is our flagship splint that uses a comfortable bi-laminar material. Available in clear or dark blue.

A full contact, permissive, stabilisation splint that provides canine and anterior guidance to insure balanced jaw movements.

Full hard - Michigan

Our full hard splint will last well with heavy bruxers. Our full hard splints are Asiga 3D printed using quality Keystone plastics.

A full contact, permissive, stabilisation splint that provides canine and anterior guidance to insure balanced jaw movements.

Anterior or NTI (nociceptive trigeminal inhibition)

Anterior mid-point contact splints are often used as a deprogramming splint. Solid anterior contact insures posterior teeth are

discluded allowing muscle relaxation. Note: These splints should not be worn for long periods continually as intrusion or

supra-eruption of posterior teeth could occur from lack of posterior contact.

Nightguard - Soft

Used primarily to protect against bruxism or soft tissue injuries. Made using Erko95 (shore 95 EVA).

This material is slightly harder than the EVA used with sports mouthguards. Nightguards can benefit patients with heavy

grinding and may offer some protection for patients that have complex or problematic anterior veneers or crowns.

Repositioning

Repositioning splints are a non-permissive or directive splint used for treating TMJ disorders by positioning or aligning the

condyle-disc assemblies. These splints incorporate a bite ramp or indentations for secure placement of the opposing dentition.

Like, anterior splints long term use needs to be avoided.

Gelb/MORA

These splints are connected using a lingual bar and only contact the posterior teeth, leaving the anterior dentition unimpeded.

Gelb are permissive splints often used in conjunction with orthodontics. MORA (as name suggests) are a 'mandibular orthotic

repositioning appliance'.

Functional

Functional splints can incorporate ramps and indentation etc to provide guidance or force to alter the dentition, jaw position or

vertical dimension. Functional splints include types used for dentofacial and jaw orthopaedics such as Twin-Blocks, Activators

or Bionators. Functional splints can also sucessfully correct unilateral cross-bite dentition with treatment using Nord splints.