title: Communicating facial plane information to the dental laboratory: introducing the Facial Plane Relator device.
abstract: The ability of the restorative dentist to communicate the location and orientation of the patient's pertinent facial landmarks to the dental laboratory technician has great bearing on the esthetic success of final anterior dental restorations. This article describes a new device designed to facilitate this process.
authors.affiliation: School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., USA. ExpertSmil@aol.com
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003142:Communication; D003725:Dental Articulators; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007754:Laboratories, Dental; D003765:Models, Dental