Occlusal Contacts
Occlusal contacts show where the upper and lower teeth meet — the bite — as a coloured map on the teeth. You turn it on to check the occlusion while you plan. In Titan, it's a tool on the toolbar at the top of the viewer, used in the treatment phases.
Open it
In the 3D View, in the Setup or Staging phase, press the Occlusal button on the top toolbar. The teeth are shaded to show where the upper and lower arches touch. Press the button again to hide the map.
Read the bite
The coloured areas mark the contact points between the upper and lower teeth. As you move the teeth to open or close the bite, the map updates, so you can see the effect of a change straight away — whether a contact is too heavy, or a tooth isn't meeting its opposite at all.
Good to know
- The map needs both arches loaded — it is the upper teeth tested against the lower.
- If nothing is coloured, the arches may not be touching in the current position, or one arch is hidden.
- The Occlusal tool is an overlay: turning it on doesn't close the phase's panel, so you can keep working while you check the bite.