Level 8 - Advanced GNM K7 Scan Interpretation & Clinical Application

Advanced GNM K7 Scan Interpretation & Clinical Application - Level 8 - 2 Day Seminar and Training

Course Description: "Mastering K7 Scan Interpretation at the Next Clinical Level"
Teaching Method: Lecture, Participation
Prerequisite Course: None
CE Credit Hours: 16
AGD Subject Code: 180 Myofascial Pain/Occlusion

The World's Most Advanced K7 Scan Interpretation Program

See What Other K7 Clinicians Simply Cannot See

Before You Read Another Word — Ask Yourself:

Are you taking scans just because you think you need them for records, but really don't know what they mean clinically?
Are you ignoring certain scans because no one ever taught you why they matter?
Do your EMG readings raise more questions than answers?
Do you understand the critical difference between diagnostic scans and treatment scans?
Have you stopped looking closely at certain scan recordings — not from laziness, but because they simply haven't made clinical sense to you?

If any of these hit close to home, you are not alone — and this course was built for exactly this moment.

The Eye-Opener Course K7 Clinicians Have Been Waiting For

Most K7 training teaches you how to collect data. Dr. Chan's Scan Interpretation course teaches you what that data means — and why the difference between those two things is the difference between treatment that works and treatment that fails.

This is not a basic K7 orientation. This is the course that K7-owning clinicians consistently describe as the missing piece in their entire neuromuscular journey — the program that finally addresses what classical NM education left unresolved.

Whether you are brand new to K7 recording or a highly experienced neuromuscular clinician, Dr. Chan's SI course meets you where you are and elevates you to a level of diagnostic clarity you didn't know was possible.

Beyond Low EMG: What You've Been Missing

Standard neuromuscular training fixates on one goal: lower the EMGs. But optimal occlusion is far more complex than a single metric. Dr. Chan's curriculum goes beyond the focus on low EMG patterns to reveal the full clinical picture hidden inside your K7 data.

You will learn to read and interpret:

CMS (Computerized Mandibular Scanning) — trajectory deviations, arc of closure anomalies, and what mandibular movement patterns reveal about structural and muscular health
EMG patterns — not just high vs. low, but the quality of muscle balance, coordination, and what true physiologic rest actually looks like
ESG (Electro-Sonography) — joint sound analysis in clinical context, including advanced FFT interpretation for TM joint diagnosis
Pre- and post-TENS scan deltas — understanding what changes, what doesn't, and precisely what that means for your diagnosis
Serial scan interpretation — tracking treatment progress objectively so you know your case is stable before you restore it

There will be things you never knew — until now. And there will be things you once knew but have since set aside. Even if you consider yourself an experienced K7 clinician, Dr. Chan's course will show you there is another level beyond classical neuromuscular understanding — one that changes how you see every case going forward.

The Diagnostic Standard No Other Course Teaches

At Occlusion Connections, we do not fit EMG and jaw tracking recording protocols to conveniently match a predetermined occlusal treatment paradigm. We teach you to let the data lead — and to trust it because you truly understand it.

"If you don't understand how to record the data properly, you'll get faulty data, draw the wrong clinical conclusions, make the wrong decisions — and end up with failed occlusal and TMD treatment." — Dr. Clayton Chan

Sound scan interpretation is not merely information gathering. It is the foundation of proper diagnosis and effective treatment decision-making. The dynamics of mandibular movement and musculo-skeletal posture will take on new clinical meaning through this curriculum.

What This Course Covers — In Full

No other course in the world addresses K7 scan interpretation with this level of clinical breadth and specificity.

Foundational Interpretation

Patient profiles: how to relate scans to each clinical situation
What each scan means relative to each patient profile
Good data vs. scrambled data
Establishing correct physiologic EMG norms
What high and low EMGs mean before and after TENS when treating a case
Correct Jankelson Duotrode placement protocols — why and how
Correct Myotrode placement — why and how

Advanced Diagnostic Patterns

Interpreting the physiologic rest jaw track tracing
Interpreting guarded occlusion on a CMS scan
Interpreting relaxed EMG muscle scans
Interpreting crossover patterns
Reverse pulse — why it occurs, proper interpretation, and correction solutions to aberrant mandibular dysfunctions
Interpreting deficient overjet/overbite tracing problems

Clinical Problem-Solving Protocols

Resolving hyper anterior temporalis EMG problems using OC protocols
Resolving hyper cervical group EMG muscle problems using OC protocols
Interpreting EMG and CMS correctly to find the right bite in Class II Div. 2 and anterior open bite cases
Case solutions to K7 interpretation problems

Scan-by-Scan Mastery — Scans 2 Through 19

This course provides systematic, clinically-grounded interpretation of every K7 scan in the system: Scans 2, 3, 4/5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, and 19 — covering proper vs. improper interpretation of each. No other training program in the world covers this breadth with this level of clinical specificity.

How Stable Is Your Case? Now You'll Know.

The goal of every clinician who gathers objective diagnostic scan data is the same: to understand and interpret the recorded information as it relates to each clinical situation — for effective diagnosis and sound treatment decisions.

The what, why, and how of physiologic EMG and CMS responses — beyond classical scan interpretation — will give significant new meaning to your clinical work and measurably advance your outcomes.

Leave this course with the interpretive skills to answer the stability question every time, with confidence, backed by objective data.

No guessing. No hoping. No retrofitting the scans to justify a decision you've already made.

Just clear, clinically-grounded diagnosis — the way it should have been taught from the beginning.

Ready to see your K7 data the way it was always meant to be seen? [Register for the Scan Interpretation Course →]

Course Objectives:

This course is design to answer questions that every clinically minded K7 users is bewildered by.This training covers all the K7 scans step by step and shows you how Dr. Chan applies them clinically and practically. Knowing how to interpret each scan effectively is key to unlock your confidence in comprehending what the blips and spikes mean when reading the EMGs and jaw tracking data for each clinical case.

Learn what is missing to better understand beyond the typical NM awareness.
Enhance one's accuracy in diagnosis and increase effectiveness in interpreting the K7 scans from a clinicians perspective.
Recognizing jaw tracking patterns and interpreting pathologic versus physiologic EMG patterns.
Comprehend various EMG muscle responses as they relate to mandibular postural problems.
Know what is an optimal frontal/lateral trajectory.
Interpreting when one has achieved an Optimal bite relationship using Scan 4/5.
Key characteristics in data scan interpretation recognizing the narrow accomodative cases versus the wide adaptive type cases.
Identifying characteristics of the cervical dysfunction patterns from the Class II division 2 type TM Joint derangement patterns.
Understanding the meanings of the cervical group EMGs.
Solving the EMG confusions with Dr. Chan.
Aberrant tongue swallowing patterns of the Class I, II and III dental/skeletal and anterior open bite airway compromised patients.
Interpreting and understanding Scan 12 high low first tooth contact EMG and bite force timing patterns.
Mastering K7 Scan Interpretation based on GNM principles and protocols.
Seeing and interpreting scans from a doctor's perspective.

You Will Learn:

The criteria in establishing optimal EMG muscle patterns using correct duotrode placement protocols for clinical results.
How to analyze the 4 major NM occlusal scheme patterns that challenge the K7 clinician.
How to handle EMG patterns that are not completely resolving.
How to handle CMS trajectory patterns that are not angled in proper direction (sagittal and frontal/lateral).
Identifying and interpreting 1st Class lever EMG patterns – Maintaining upright cranial postural.
Identifying and interpreting 2nd Class lever in one sided mastication EMG patterns.
Identifying and interpreting 3rd Class lever used in biting between the incisor EMG patterns.
Recognizing and interpreting scans related to masticatory dysfunction vs. joint derangement problems at the next NM level.
Scan interpretation of the anterior open bite problem.
Scan interpretation of the occlusal plane problem.
Scan interpretation of the maxillary retracted arch problem.
Scan interpretation of the cross bite problem.
Scan interpretation of the maxillary retro-inclined problem.
Scan interpretation of the dual bite problem.
How to get better clinical results in eliminating EMG problems during Phase I stabilization therapy.
Review of optimization of the Scan 4/5 trajectory using the Chan Protocol.
Advanced Scan interpretation of all K7 scans & analysis.How to master and interpret the scans without the confusion.

Success and resolution of complex clinical cases requires the capacity to record, scrutinize, and analyze gross as well as fine mandibular movement, joint sound and masticatory muscle activity with proven protocols to correctly interpret the data in a manner that makes clinical sense. Advanced scan interpretative skills and knowledge gives the clinical dentist that extra edge to be confident in doing the simple, moderate and complex cases.

About Your Instructor:

Clayton A. Chan, D.D.S. Founder/Director of Occlusion Connections | The Center for Gneuromuscular Dentistry & Orthopedic Advancement

Dr. Chan is renowned for his comprehensive training course
manuals that are printed in text format with clear diagrams. His course manual systematically covers all the K7 scans and expounds how to interpret the scans clinically in this over 400 page text. Dr. Chan's SI course has been recognized by top K7 clinicians in the world be the best ever for its complete and thoroughness. He is an occlusion teacher, researcher and author of many published articles and is well qualified to interpret the K7 scans.

TESTIMONIALS: Read what other dentists had to say about Dr. Chan's SI course

"Hi to All. We all asked for SI..........Well we got it and a whole lot more. It was incredible........and as deep as you want to take it. It leaves NOTHING OUT concerning the K7 and scans. Whether you are an old hat or a newbie, if you have a K7 and are actually using it, you owe it to yourself to take this course. Be honest.........are you taking the scans just because you think you need them for records......but really don't know exactly what they mean ??? Are you not taking many of the scans because you don't think they are important ?? Are you only interested in scan 4/5 so you can take that bite and get that orthotic made ??? Have you gotten sort of lazy ???? Be honest....we have all been there...... Whatever you are doing and however you are doing it, I would strongly suggest that you take this course. There will be things that you never knew. There will be things that you may have known but have forgotten. Even if you think you know it all you will find out that you don't.

This was INTENSE !!! Eyes got glazed over, and we were pretty much blown away. Every K7 operator on the planet does need this course.....hopefully before they run into that one complex case that they simply cannot figure out.

There is no pre-requisite for this course............all the doctors who may have come to the desert in the past but not to OC need to take this course. I expect that Clayton will need a bigger room soon. And as usual, thank you Clayton and Jane for a wonderful experience and taking such good care of us. It was great to see old friends and meet some really cool new ones." - Gregory G. Yount, DMD, Mattoon, Il(experienced K7 owner and clinician).

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“A very big thank you to Dr. Chan for making everything CLEARER! SI is a MUST for anyone wanting to understand and visually (objectively) SEE what is happening to your patients----whether it is diagnosing the problem or assessing the TRUE effectiveness of your treatment. K7 training and Level 5 alone are not enough. No doubt SI will up your game! The whole course was a gem! Great learning -- fabulous camaraderie ---Ya Gotta Come Here!" -Susan Yang Go, DMD., MSc., Delta, B.C. Canada

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“I am so happy, grateful, and humbled to have been a part of this course. Definitely as the course progressed all the information started to unravel and make sense and somehow was simplified. It helped to be in a class full of heavy hitters. Intimidating at first then a benefit. I very much enjoyed the class and the people for sure.” -Melanie B. Vallejos, D.D.S.,Kahului, HI (K7 owner and Dental Board Examiner).

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"Scan Interpretation and Clinical Application" is a course that everyone, who has a K7 and practices GNM, must take! Without the vision and understanding to interpret what you see, from a GNM perspective, you are just looking at numbers and lines on a screen. This class will empower you with not only Scan Interpretation for information, but Application for Clinical transformation. This class will give you a new vision of your cases in their totality and take you further into the "Mind of Chan"!- Brian E. Hale, D.D.S., San Antonio, Texas(K7 owner and experienced clinician).

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"This was yet another pearl of a course. You could only know this information by spending countless hours to first take these scans , and then sit and go over them with a detailed analytical eye. They say to learn something you need to repeat it at least 30 times, but to master it you need to do it 30,000 times…. Highly recommend this course to all. Cannot emphasis more, if you have a k7 and are taking scans, this is a must... It’s like the code key. At least now I know what I'm looking at”. - Hamid Nassery, D.M.D., FICOI, Miami Beach, FL (K7 owner and experienced clinician).

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"Always worth the journey half way round the globe to hear Master Chan deciphering all those squiggles, lines and bumps. Scan Interpretation gave me new confidence to take those data and make sense of it to help my patients. In the course we get gems like A/V ratio to help validate our Optimized Bite trajectory. But the learning for me comes from everyone in the group. We had such a wonderful group of seasoned NM and now GNM practitioner whom indulged us with little nuggets of the NM history and origins which made my whole learning journey filled with fun and depth. The support from my wife Louisa and Jane's contribution to the course complete the wonderful experience." - Yue Weng Cheu, BDS, FRACDS, MJDF, RCSEng, Singapore (K7 owner and experienced clinician).

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“I am truly grateful for all your incredible efforts in allowing all of us at the inaugural SI course to share our knowledge and learn so much from you. Without your guidance and encouragement for interpretation of the scans, our patients would not have been able to respond properly and heal from chronic pain.

Jane, your commitment to the O.C. group cannot be underestimated. You have allowed your husband to spend countless hours in preparing all of these O.C. manuals at the sacrifice of personal family time with you - for that reason I am extremely grateful and always happy to meet with both of you at these great O.C. courses. You both are an inspiration to us all and as I reflect back on my years of continuing education, there is no other person as capable as Clayton to deliver the GNM message as " our ambassador".

Thanks to both of you for your hospitality and ongoing endeavors. I also would like to acknowledge my remaining classmates who came out on this special occasion to partake of this course with me.

All of you have the passion and knowledge to help your patients with these terrible symptoms of TMD and Cranio-cervical issues so keep up the good work - a great thrill for me to meet all of you!!” - Al Winchar, D.M.D., M.I.C.C.M.O., (K7 owner, Associate Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry at University of Manitoba , Canada).