title: Direct transfer of the position of digitized casts to a virtual articulator.
abstract: This article describes a digital technique to transfer the location of digitized casts obtained directly from the patient to a virtual articulator (digital/virtual facebow transfer). The primary advantage of this technique is that it allows the dentist and the dental laboratory technician to work in a fully digital environment without having to mount stone casts on a physical articulator. This results in a significant time reduction and a higher degree of accuracy in the cast location.
authors.affiliation: Department of Graphics Design and Engineering Projects, Faculty of Engineering at Bilbao, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain. eneko.solaberrieta@ehu.es
authors.forename: Eneko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Solaberrieta
authors.forename: Rikardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mínguez
authors.forename: Lander
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barrenetxea
authors.forename: Olatz
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Etxaniz
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D003725:Dental Articulators; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D007574:Jaw Relation Record; D003765:Models, Dental; D014584:User-Computer Interface