Sep 11, 2026 · 15 min · 9 segments
Jennifer Reif talks with Dr. Robert Kerstein, a prosthodontist with 42 years of experience researching the T-Scan bite computer. T-Scan uses pressure-mapping sensors to measure bite force, timing…
Robert KersteinGuest
Jennifer ReifHost
So after four decades of working with this technology, what are some of the technical limitations or maybe some unanswered questions that you're most interested in looking at next?
What we've discovered has opened up a whole new consideration about how powerful the bite is.
So by treating the bite with these high precision micro adjustments and simultaneously measuring muscle activity, head and neck muscle activity, we've discovered that the bite is is actually talking to the brain every time someone puts their teeth together.
We found that if we treat the bite to high precision, very often the hearing rebounds in those patients.
with their eye or their eye musculature, and then we treat the bite and the eye twitch stops.
So to get back to the original answer for you, exploring this neurologic expanse of things that bite function is involved with has become our new area of research.
So after four decades of working with this technology, what are some of the technical limitations or maybe some unanswered questions that you're most interested in looking at next?
What we've discovered has opened up a whole new consideration about how powerful the bite is.
So by treating the bite with these high precision micro adjustments and simultaneously measuring muscle activity, head and neck muscle activity, we've discovered that the bite is is actually talking to the brain every time someone puts their teeth together.
We found that if we treat the bite to high precision, very often the hearing rebounds in those patients.
with their eye or their eye musculature, and then we treat the bite and the eye twitch stops.
So to get back to the original answer for you, exploring this neurologic expanse of things that bite function is involved with has become our new area of research.
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