Dr. Lea graduated from UBC Dental School in 1980. He has been a solo, general
practitioner on Salt Spring Island for over 40 years. For most of that time, he also treated
patients requiring complex orthopedic and fixed orthodontics. He has been diagnosing and
treating occlusal problems, joint pain, reduced function, and general bite imbalances for
well over 20 years.
He has spoken on this topic at Chicago’s Midwinter Clinic, New York’s GNYDM,
Florida’s Dental Conference in Orlando, several times at Vancouver’s PDC and at several
other dental meetings in Vancouver, Boston and Vancouver Island.
He is keenly aware of the well-known and highly-regarded individuals who speak on this
aspect of dentistry, but has found that their procedures and beliefs have not given him and
his patients the affordable, consistent, stable results that he was hoping for.
Initially, in his practice, he referred patients with ‘TMJ’ to Dr. David Bowler, in Sidney,
BC. Dr. Bowler studied myofascial pain and dysfunction under Dr. Janet Travell. Dr.
Bowler introduced to him, in fits and starts, some of his ideas, diagnostic concepts and
treatments that he had found to be very helpful in relieving patients of their occlusal
problems and establishing stable, comfortable bites.
Unfortunately, Dr. Bowler passed away before Dr. Lea could understand his complete
diagnostic approach and treatment system. It took Dr. Lea several years to work out a
simple, easily-applied, affordable yet still economically practical and effective way to
integrate what he had begun to learn from Dr. Bowler that he could now apply to his own
patients suffering from occlusal problems that often led to uncomfortable, even painful,
joint symptoms.
Dr. Lea is now very confident with the protocol that he has developed for the diagnosis
and treatment of occlusal problems and for relieving patients of discomfort and reduced
jaw function. He is very excited to share it with you now.
‘SOUND’ BITES
QUICK, SIMPLE SOLUTIONS
FOR ACHIEVING
HEALTHY, FUNCTIONAL OCCLUSIONS
A concrete-sequential, step-by-step approach to occlusion
-An explanation of all anyone needs to know about the diagnosis and treatment of
most “JOINT” and “BITE” issues and a clear criteria for recognizing and establishing
healthy, functional occlusion.
-A simple and easily-understood, quick and easily-applied way to incorporate an
accurate, reliable 3 minute occlusal diagnosis and a superficial, non-invasive, 15-30
minute corrective treatment into everyday practise to predictably establish healthy,
stable function.
Dr. Wm. E. Lea, DMD