Abstract
Graduated from dental school only six years ago, I am still inproficient at treatment procedures, but I am often more worried about legitimacy of my examination and diagnosis in daily practice. Interventions without grasping patient's pathological condition viz. what has been happening to the patient, often lead to unexpected results. Knowing my tendency to start with and repeat palliative or symptomatic treatments, I have been attempting to incorporate stomatological approach in examination and diagnosis process as to better grasp pathological condition and its cause, which in turn may lead to clearer and more comprehensive clinical path. Here I present and discuss a case of a patient with a chief complaint of sore right jaw and medical history of Meniere's disease. The symptom abated two weeks after the instruction on the postural and lifestyle habit and prescription of a modified Hawley bite plane, based on systematic examination. This paper is to be taken as an interim report, for this case is still at the stage of reassessment.
