INDIVIDUAL ARTICULATOR, METHOD OF ITS ADJUSTMENT AND DETERMINATION OF POSITION OF TOOTHLESS JAW MODELS IN INTERFRAME SPACE Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: medicine, namely prosthetic dentistry. SUBSTANCE: articulator consists of upper and lower frames with fixing pins for upper and lower models. Upper frame is fitted with articular capsules and cutter graduated rod. Lower frame has graduated articular rods and cutter capsule. Interframe platform which serves for individual orientation of models in interframe space is secured on graduated articular rods by means of screws. upper and lower frames are coupled to each other by springs. for convenient handling and screwed-in legs. Articulator adjustment is performed by recording of individual motions in articulator capsules by means of fast-hardening plastic obtained when grinding-in wax- abrasive rollers with due regard for frontal overlapping. Method of determination of position of models in interframe space consists in determining the distance from center of hinge motions to jaws on teleroentgenogram and obtaining the same relation of jaws and hinge axle in articulator. EFFECT: efficient construction of dental series. 4 cl, 5 dwg