Research Article

Case Series of an Intraoral Balancing Appliance Therapy on Subjective Symptom Severity and Cervical Spine Alignment

Figure 2

Exemplary CT image of 3 patients. Comparison shows an immediate change in the degree of rotational misalignment in the atlas while wearing the oral appliance. (a), (c), and (e) CT image while not wearing the oral appliance. (b), (d), and (f) CT image while wearing the oral appliance. Lines drawn over figures (e) and (f) indicate ameasuring method of atlas rotation angle with a line passing the anterior border of foramen transversarium of the atlas.
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