title: An Efficient and Cost-Effective Technique to Construct an Intraoral Central Bearing Tracing Device.
abstract: Intraoral central bearing tracing has been shown to be a predictable way of recording and verifying centric relation position for patients. Existing tracing devices are challenging to use due to several significant clinical limitations. In comparison to commercially available counterparts, this article presents a technique that simplifies instrumentation and clinical steps to make an intraoral tracer for making centric relation records, determining occlusal vertical dimension, and detecting deflective occlusal contacts in edentulous patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrated Reconstructive Dental Sciences, University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA.
authors.forename: Kevin C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Private Practice, Albuquerque, NM.
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Wagner
mesh_terms: D016302:Centric Relation; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003768:Dental Occlusion, Centric; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D003779:Denture Design / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007574:Jaw Relation Record; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000628:therapy*; D011091:Polyesters; D014716:Vertical Dimension
chemical_list: D011091:Polyesters; C016240:polycaprolactone
keywords: Centric relation records; central bearing tracing; intraoral tracer; polycaprolactone