Diagnosing the Clicking Joint: MRI, CBCT & Class II Bites, Part 2 | Dr. Jim McKee

In Part 2, Dr. Jim McKee walks through what to do when a growing patient clicks: why the diagnosis belongs in the restorative office before the ortho referral, when to image, why MRI shows what CBCT can't, and why many Class II patients never reached their vertical dimension in the first place.

In this episode:
- A clicking 12-year-old: what a GP should do before referring to ortho
- Why diagnosing joints builds a fee-for-service practice
- Image or don't image: "Imaging shall set you free"
- MRI in growing patients, and why CBCT can miss the problem
- How to take a CBCT in a fully seated position
- Adding a radiologist to your team
- You can't do sleep dentistry without diagnosing joints
- Class II corrections and joint condition
- The TMJ: the earliest-injured joint in the body

Dr. Jim McKee practices in Downers Grove, Illinois, is resident faculty at Spear Education, and runs a Chicago study club on restorative dentistry and joints with Dr. Kurt Ringhofer, Dr. Seth Atkins and Dr. Drew McDonald.

Missed Part 1? Start there for why joints click and why kids shouldn't.

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