[Conceptual parameters of the facial arc and articulators adapted for black Africans].
Articulators and facial arc always used in dentistry are not adapted to African black people. Their use provokes many errors in the setting of models on articulators. In this work, authors propose facial arc and articulator parameters conceptions that are suited to black Africans.
Département de Prothèses, UFR d'Odonto-Stomatologie, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
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D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People; D002508:Cephalometry; D002680:Chin / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D003725:Dental Articulators; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007180:Incisor / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008334:Mandible / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009666:Nose / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009915:Orbit / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D019291:Skull Base / Q000033:anatomy & histology