Is the Splint the Way to Go?

I just, i appreciate the commentary, because i think splints are misused and abuse. I do it so rarely, quite franklyeh. And i make them. But there are some patients i don't feel i can send them out to have a splint fabricated in a way that they need to diagnostically come to a conclusion. Like if im meant to make a splint, it's simply diagnostic. It's a crutch. If i give you a good bite that doesn't create this functional facial activity, do i fix your problems? That's the diagnosis. Is the splint the treatment? No, it's really just telling me what needs to get done. Sometimes