Aqualizer group (AQU)
bite, incisors
BITE
The Aqualizer (Aqualizer Splint Systems by Jumar Corporation, Bainbridge Island, WA, USA) was placed between the upper lip and the oral vestibule of the maxilla and the patient was told to gently bite on the fluid pads for ten minutes. Once the patient asserted to have found the most comfortable position of the mandible, an anterior jig was placed over the middle upper and lower incisors (GC Bite Compound, GC Corporation, Tokyo, Japan). The Aqualizer was removed with the anterior jig still in place and bite registration material was applied to the posterior teeth (Regisil, Dentsply Sirona, Charlotte, NC, USA) to capture the designated position of the mandible.