Improving the accuracy of a new articulator.
The indications and features of the new Denar Combi articulator are reviewed. The Combi articulator was designed primarily as a set path instrument, but can also be used as a semiadjustable or fully adjustable stereographic articular. The articulator can be programmed for any of these modes, but the Combi model is limited when used as a stereographic instrument according to the manufacturer's instructions, with the instrument-precipitated geometric errors. These errors were identified mathematically, and an accurate technique for the instrument is described.
Richards
M W
MW
Department of Prosthodontics, Naval Dental School, National Naval Dental Center, Bethesda, Md.
Curtis
S
S
D003725:Dental Articulators; D006801:Humans; D007574:Jaw Relation Record / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014716:Vertical Dimension