Bite Registration

One of the earliest courses that the author taught. Called “6 Steps to Esthetic Bite Registration,” was a 6-hour presentation. None of these steps were more important than any other because a successful prosthetic esthetic restoration requires attention to detail in every phase of the procedure.

Mistakes or omissions in any one of these steps could lead to esthetic failure. In fact, an error in any one step can have a major effect on the next phase of treatment. This article concerns the third step in the procedure, the all-important “impression phase,” which includes the occlusal registration technique. This seems to indicate that this step is just not that important, but nothing could be further from the truth.