title: Improving the accuracy of a new articulator.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Naval Dental School, National Naval Dental Center, Bethesda, Md.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Curtis
mesh_terms: D003725:Dental Articulators; D006801:Humans; D007574:Jaw Relation Record / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014716:Vertical Dimension