Anterior Bite Ramps

Usage of Anterior Bite Ramps

Anterior bite ramps are primarily employed to manage patients with deep bites. Additionally, they are useful in leveling the Curve of Spee through the intrusion of mandibular incisors, or in cases where patients with robust masseters exert excessive pressure on their molars by frequently clenching.

Deep Bite Management: Anterior bite ramps facilitate the opening of the bite by either intruding the front teeth, extruding the back teeth, or using a combination of both techniques.
Curve of Spee Correction: Anterior Bite ramps are instrumental in correcting deep overbites by intruding the lower incisors. Proclination of the lower incisors will result in relative intrusion. Some absolute intrusion of all lower anterior teeth may occur as well. Anterior bite ramps also facilitate the potential extrusion of posterior teeth, contributing to Curve of Spee correction.

 

Tips for Using Anterior Bite Ramps

• In cases with a significant overjet, it's advisable to place bite ramps on the canines, combined with the use of Class II elastics.
• When aiming for the proclination of upper incisors, it's beneficial to utilize the full coverage of the aligner plastic before introducing bite ramps, ensuring that the incisors are better positioned first.
• To achieve the extrusion of posterior teeth, consider adding attachments to these teeth to establish firm occlusal contacts.

Protocols for Anterior Bite Ramps with CandidPro

• The standard setup involves placing bite ramps lingually on the anterior teeth.
• If the ramps do not contact the opposing arch, they will be positioned only on the canines.
• Depths will be chosen by the technician based on which provides optimal contact.
• Prominence Sizes: Typical prominence size starts from 2mm. The choice of size depends on the specific requirements of the treatment.

 

Requesting Anterior Bite Ramps

Anterior bite ramps can be requested for new or existing cases via a revision, using the intake form available. The form allows you to specify the need for bite ramps based on the dental condition being addressed, such as a crossbite or deep bite.