Splints are valuable tools used to distribute forces, decrease occlusal trauma and protect against excess tooth mobility due to primary or secondary occlusal trauma. Over 80% of the splints made are maxillary splints. This design has clear acrylic over the entire arch and is finished with full palatal coverage. The palatal coverage provides extra stability when tooth mobility is an issue. The occlusal surface can be finished in whatever manner desired, i.e. smooth with point contact, positive facets for opposing dentition, cuspid rise, and/or anterior guidance to disarticulate the teeth in protrusive movements. Note - Careful finishing is required so that each opposing tooth will make equal contact with the acrylic biting surface. To avoid unnecessary chair time adjusting a splint, always provide the lab with an accurate set of working casts and a construction bite that precisely represents the vertical and horizontal occlusal relationship that you want in the final product.