The DIR system in research and science

For determining the position of the lower jaw in centric relation with the DIR® system

A. Dietzel1 A. Zöllner2
1Dentistry practice, Essen
2Departmentof Dental Prosthetics, Witten/Herdecke University
Publication: Deutscher Ärzte Verlag, DZZ, Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift, 2012; 67 (2)

The influence of different registration techniques on condylar position and electromyographic surface activity in stomatognathic healthy subjects

S. Linsen, A. Samai, H. Stark, M. Klitschmüller
Polyclinic for Dental Prosthodontics, Propaedeutics and Materials Science, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Publication: The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, Issue: Vol. 107 No 1, January 2012, p. 1-72

Evaluation of the condylar position depending on different registration positions and different jaw closing forces

I. Salas Ruiz de Arbulo, H. Stark, S. Linsen
Polyclinic for Dental Prosthetics, Propaedeutics and Materials Science, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Repositioning osteotomy in patients with craniomandibular dysfunctions –
Renaissance of temporomandibular joint fixation in conjunction with DIR® diagnostics

Philipp Scherer1, Farina Blattner2
1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Klinik am Ring, Hohenstaufenring 28, 50674 Cologne
2 Practice Dr. Blattner, Gertenbachstr. 30, 42899 Remscheid

The effect of occlusal splint therapy for CMD on the cerebral control of occlusal bite block movement

M. Lotze1, R. Lickteig1,2, E. Weinert1,2 B. Kordaß2
1FunctionalImaging, Diagnostic Radiology, University of Greifswald Department of CAD/CAM and CMD Treatment, University Medicine Greifswald

Clinical-radiologic study to evaluate the physiologic condylar position in MRI

UKB University Hospital Bonn, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn, Practice Dr. Blattner

Excellent reproducibility of the DIR® system in subjects with CMD

L. Passin-Arnold1, F. Saha2, J.Poth3, R. Jordan4

1Witten/Herdecke University, Faculty of Health – 2Department ofInternal Medicine V, Naturopathy and Integrative Medicine, Essen-Mitte Clinics
3Dentist in private practice, Essen – 4Departmentof Conservative and Preventive Dentistry, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten

Randomized, controlled pilot study on the effects of a bite splint according to the DIR system on headaches in patients with craniomandibular dysfunction Study Dr. Saha

Felix Joyonto Saha1, MDa, Almut Pullaa1, Thomas Ostermann, PhDb2, Theresa Millera1, Gustav Dobos, MDa1,
Holger Cramer, PhD, MSc1
1Department of Inernal and integrative Medicine, Klinikum Essen Mitte, Faculty of Medicine University of Duisburg-Essen –

2Departmentof Psychology, Faculty of Health, University of Witten-Herdecke