A PRELIMINARY TEST OF THE REPLICABILITY OF A COMPUTERIZED OCCLUSAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM

A system for computerized occlusal analysis was tested in a laboratory. The investigation focused on the ability of the system to replicate results when sensors were used five times under a series of three levels of load that were applied to the occlusion. Also compared were the effects of zero mm immediate side shift and 0.2 mm immediate side shift on the research model. Results showed that there were both statistically significant differences (p less-than-or-equal-to 0.05 level) and nonsignificant differences scattered among the data derived from both articulator treatments.