Abstract:
A dental articulator (5) capable of reproducing or analyzing a physiological occlusion status by implementing a pressure receiving function and a traction function capable of operating in all the motion directions equivalently provided by a jaw joint function of a living body with a teeth plaster model fitted between upper and lower jaw frames, comprising an occlusal plane table (8) having the same anteversion angle as the occlusal plane oblique angle of a living body; a bite analysis plate (9) on which average positions of a spew center (91) and a posterior motion axis (92) are set at a plurality of positions and they are sketched in pairs with the average positions of the spew center on one side and those of the posterior motion axis on the other side of the plate; an incisal guidance plate (56) in which an inverted conical slope for mapping front-and-rear, right-and-left inclinations of the cusp is cut to allow the tip of an incisal guide to slide; and a transform plate (1) which is fitted using a lower jaw frame (52) as a base, wherein the teeth plaster model (7) of a lower jaw is mounted on and fitted to the transform plate (1) to effect a shift operation, thereby reproducing physiological occlusion status in conjunction with an intercuspal position and a posterior occlusion position of a living body.
Abstract:
The module for an apparatus (system) to produce upper and lower jaw full prostheses has an instrument holder (66) consisting of a baseplate (3), supporting two upright pillars (4) and a tilting arm (6) that can be pivoted on a horizontal axis (5) around the pillars (4), on which auxiliary instruments developed for individual work processes can be adapted.In terms of auxiliary instruments, the module has an infinitely adjustable levelling table (9) set on the baseplate (3), a lower jaw alignment key (10), an impression or mounting plate (7, 8), an upper jaw model alignment key, a domed setting aid for correct setting of teeth on the lower jaw full prosthesis and a domed setting aid with dummy tooth for correct setting of the 1st right and left tooth on lower jaw full prostheses, which can be attached to the instrument holder (66) in a secure position and interchanged.
Abstract:
An apparatus for holding and manipulating a dental cast in a dental articulator and a method for using this apparatus in combination with an occlusal plane table to adjust and record the positions of the teeth before and after repositioning of the dental cast is disclosed. The apparatus enables the dental cast to be translated in a plane and to be rotated about one or more of a plurality of axes which are chosen to correspond to the axes about which adjustments are made during dental surgery. The occlusal plane table includes a removable grid which provides a reference system with which to measure the adjustments to the position of the dental cast without the need to calibrate the various translational and rotational controls for each dental cast.
Abstract:
Maxillary and mandibular arch models are positioned in an articulator so that the plane of occlusion is in a three dimensional relationship about the articulator hinge axis substantially corresponding to the three dimensional relationship of the intraoral plane of occlusion about the mandibular hinge axis. A mechanically adjustable guide plane element is substituted in the place of one of the arch models and adjusted to fit the plane of occlusion of the other arch model. The teeth of such model are then adjusted in accordance with the occlusal plane guide. The occlusal plane guide is replaced by the heretofore removed arch model and its teeth are brought into centric relation occlusion with the previously adjusted arch model. The arch models are then discluded to a preselected centric wedge of opening of which an impression is made. A gnathological positioner may be fabricated from this impression.
Abstract:
A device for use with an articulator in the construction of artificial dentures, comprising a base adapted to be placed on the articulator, a tabletop on the base, the height of which is adjustable; and a removable template adapted to be pivotably mounted to a cradle provided in said tabletop. A knife edge unit with spaced apart knife edges, and a spear box and pointer adapted to be raised or lowered by means of a ramp and associated adjustment screw is removably attached to said base in a manner such that said spear box is guided for movement along said ramp by threaded means in simultaneously both upward and forward directions, and the pointer being adapted to retain in place thereon an upper rim impression and tray prior to its being mounted to an upper mounting ring of the articulator.
Abstract:
Duplicatable maxillary denture materials, e.g., partial or complete dentures, wax-ups and bite blocks, are prepared employing the relator assembly and process of the invention. The process involves forming the maxillary denture materials from a rough maxillary cast of the patient's mouth that has a base and an expression of the maxillary alveolar ridge including the anterior palatine papilla and hamular notches. In the process, the cast is suspended over a horizontally extending, flat occlusal base member at a predetermined height corresponding to the proposed incisal length of the denture materials with members of substantially equal height, located on the occlusal table, that contact the cast at the palatine papilla and hamular notches. The base of the suspended rough cast is luted to a maxillary base member that is located over and substantially parallel to the occlusal base member to form a cast whose base is parallel to the hamular-incise plane. Thereafter denture elements, individual artificial teeth or bite-block elements are arranged on the occlusal base member in a predetermined location relative to the cast luted to the maxillary base member and corresponding to the proposed labial drape of the patient. The aforesaid denture elements, individual teeth or bite-block elements are then luted to the alveolar ridge of the cast mounted on the maxillary base member.
Abstract:
A dental occluder comprising top and bottom arms having base elements and matrix supports secured to each of the arms, the matrix supports each being angularly adjustable relative to the base elements and the respective arms, and the matrix supports being readily detachable from the base elements without alteration of the angular relationships of the base elements, the arms, and the matrix supports.
Abstract:
A dental model gripping system can include a dental model and a dental model gripper. The dental model can include a replica set of teeth and a flat bottom surface there beneath that can include first and second vertical openings spaced apart by an opening distance. The dental model gripper can have a flat top surface and first and second pins extending vertically therethrough that can slide toward and away from each other. The first and second pins can be slid to an engaging position where they are spaced apart by the opening distance and are insertable into the vertical openings of the dental model, can be slid away from each other to a gripping position while inserted into the vertical openings, and can press against internal surfaces within the vertical openings to grip firmly the bottom surface of the dental model against the top surface of the dental model gripper.
Abstract:
A full reproduction articulator faithfully and accurately reproduces jaw movement, particularly the chewing movement, including individual differences. It includes a mandibular model member (10), a base (11) erected on this mandibular model member (10), two condyle balls (12, 12) projecting from this base (11), a maxillary model member (13) that occludes the mandibular model member (10), and condyle boxes (17) linked to both sides of the maxillary model member (13) and in contact with the two condyle balls (12, 12) for regulating movement in the anterior/posterior direction, left/right direction and vertical direction of the maxillary model member (13). A Bennett lift mechanism (16) is also provided on the base (11) for lifting the maxillary model member (13) from the working side condyle ball (12) when the maxillary model member (13) moves in the left/right direction, independently of the working side condyle box (17).