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I appreciated reading the Drs. Rinchuse’s opinions and critique of my editorial. The concepts presented in the editorial were based on my own experiences, gained by accomplishing hundreds of oral rehabilitations over more than four decades. They were not intended to stimulate an "academic" debate on words and definitions.

As I stated in the editorial, some readers would disagree with the terminology and/or the concepts I presented. It will be obvious to readers that the Drs. Rinchuse incorporated some of their own "beliefs" into their critique of the editorial, or overtly misinterpreted my observations. In the meantime, occlusion and its various concepts will continue to be as debatable as religion or politics.

The validity of any clinical concept in occlusion is directly related to the long-term comfort of patients, and the satisfaction of practitioners, and not to the definitions and words we create to attempt to describe occlusal concepts.

I would welcome a discussion of their beliefs and experiences with them.

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