title: Digitizing the Facebow: A Clinician/Technician Communication Tool.
abstract: Communication between the clinician and the technician has been an ongoing problem in dentistry. To improve the issue, a dental software application has been developed--the Virtual Facebow App. It is an alternative to the traditional analog facebow, used to orient the maxillary cast in mounting. Comparison data of the two methods indicated that the digitized virtual facebow provided increased efficiency in mounting, increased accuracy in occlusion, and lower cost. Occlusal accuracy, lab time, and total time were statistically significant (P<.05). The virtual facebow provides a novel alternative for cast mounting and another tool for clinician-technician communication.
authors.forename: Les
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kalman
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chrapka
authors.forename: Yasmin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Joseph
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003725:Dental Articulators / Q000191:economics; D015921:Dental Implants; D003761:Dental Impression Technique / Q000191:economics; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D003800:Dental Technicians; D003815:Dentists; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007574:Jaw Relation Record / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003765:Models, Dental / Q000191:economics; D013997:Time Factors; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants