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CHAPTER FIVE
Sometimes the bite relationship must be can tolerate the bite altercation. The advantage of
changed to achieve an acceptable cosmetic result. the snap on smile is that it is removable and can
be brought home to show other people who
This is particularly true when the bite must might influence a patient’s decisions about chang-
be opened to correct a cross bite situation (when ing their smile. The disadvantage is that since
the maxillary teeth are inside upon closing instead they snap over the teeth and are made of a
of overlapping outside the mandible teeth). For rubbery plastic, the results are often fake looking
this situation a laboratory can fabricate a tempo- and bulky. This technique should only be used as
rary set of plastic like teeth with an open bite, a guide when considering major changes to your
called “snap on smile”. This can be worn by the smile. (figure 61)
patient for a short period of time to see if they
figure 61
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