Year : 2020

Volume : Volume 11

Issue : Issue 2s

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Abstract

Background:  An articulator can be called as a guide of the dental professionals. It gives the provision for adjusting the maxillary and the mandibular cast in three planes of space relative to the hinge axis of the patient and the instrument. articulators are an extremely important tool in many dental procedures since their invention in the early 19th century. Patients mouth is the best articulator, but it is not practical and convenient to work exclusively in the patients mouth at all times, thus, articulators have been designed to enable the dental surgeon and technician to study the patient’s dentition and construct the prosthesis without the continued presence of the patient. The design of these instruments has proved considerably. Developments in the reliability and accuracy of these devices have revolutioned many dental techniques.in modern day dentistry a wide range of different articulator designs and models are available for the dentists although many of these require some degree of skill and knowledge to be used effectively.

Keywords: Articulator, mandibular movements, face bow, prosthesis.