title: Virtual facebow technique.
abstract: This article describes a virtual technique for transferring the location of a digitized cast from the patient to a virtual articulator (virtual facebow transfer). Using a virtual procedure, the maxillary digital cast is transferred to a virtual articulator by means of reverse engineering devices. The following devices necessary to carry out this protocol are available in many contemporary practices: an intraoral scanner, a digital camera, and specific software. Results prove the viability of integrating different tools and software and of completely integrating this procedure into a dental digital workflow.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Graphics Design and Engineering Projects, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain. Electronic address: eneko.solaberrieta@ehu.eus.
authors.forename: Eneko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Solaberrieta
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain.
authors.forename: Asier
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garmendia
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Graphics Design and Engineering Projects, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain.
authors.forename: Rikardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Minguez
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and Occlusion, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain.
authors.forename: Aritza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brizuela
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Buccofacial Prostheses Stomatology I, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pradies
mesh_terms: D003725:Dental Articulators; D006801:Humans; D007574:Jaw Relation Record; D008437:Maxilla; D012984:Software