What are dental articulators?

Dental Articulator – are instruments that attempt to reproduce the range of movement of the jaws. Maxillary and mandibular casts are attached to the articulator so that functional and parafunctional contact relations between the teeth can be studied.

Which are the types of the articulators?

The main articulators are the tongue, the upper lip, the lower lip, the upper teeth, the upper gum ridge (alveolar ridge), the hard palate, the velum (soft palate), the uvula (free-hanging end of the soft palate), the pharyngeal wall, and the glottis (space between the vocal cords).

What types of articulators are used in dental labs?

Varieties of Dental Articulators include Adjustable Dental Articulators, Non-Adjustable Articulators and Disposable Articulators. Dental Facebow Systems also can be used with articulators.

Is Throat an articulator?

Firstly, the larynx could also be described as an articulator – a very complex and independent one. Secondly, the jaws are sometimes called articulators; certainly we move the lower jaw a lot in speaking.

Is the epiglottis an articulator?

The epiglottis functions as an articulator in the production of pharyngeal consonants and in the vowel /a/. It is also involved in whisper.

Is the jaw an articulator?

Secondly, the jaws are sometimes called articulators; certainly we move the lower jaw a lot in speaking. But the jaws are not articulators in the same way as the others, because they cannot themselves make contact with other articulators.

What is a dental articulator?

What are Dental Articulators. Definition of Dental Articulator: A mechanical device which represents the temporomandibular joint and the jaw members to which maxillary and mandibular casts may be attached to simulate jaw movements.

What is an articulator made of?

An articulator may be made of metal or plastic. Metal articulators show errors in tooling (manufacture) or errors resulting from metal fatigue. Errors in jaw relation procedures are reproduced as errors in denture occlusion. Articulators do not have any provision to indicate or correct these errors.

What are the advantages of using an articulator in a cast?

Properly mounted casts allow the operator to visualize the patients occlusion especially from lingual view. Patient co-operation is not a factor when using an articulator once the appropriate interocclusal records are obtained from patient.

What is a mandibular rod?

A mechanical device which represents the temporomandibular joint and the jaw members to which maxillary and mandibular casts may be attached to simulate jaw movements. To hold opposing casts in a predetermined fixed relationship.