The Kois Deprogrammer features a small anterior stop contacting the lower central incisors and slightly discludes all teeth. This frees up the muscles and jaw joint to relax into their physiologically ideal resting position without any influence from maximum intercuspation.  The deprogrammer is both a diagnostic tool and a way to temporarily relax the jaw and reduce muscle tension, headaches and excess wear on the teeth. 

It can be worn at night to relieve muscle fatigue and headaches. It can also be used as a diagnostic as well as to determine centric relation and facilitate centric relation records.

 NOTE:  A common concern with this type of design is "Will the posterior dentition super-erupt?"  Clinical research has shown that for a tooth to 'supra-erupt' (i.e. move 'down' or 'up' from its socket 'looking' for another tooth to occlude with) it would have to go 'untouched' for at least 6 to 8 weeks for the process to begin.