PETERS DENTAL CERAMIC STUDIO LTD.

TORONTO, CANADA

We all know that every patient is different. The drawing on the left shows that a patient with a larger jaw moves his/her lower jaw in a wider radius, when articulating. And, of course the opposite  is true in the case with a patient that has a much smaller jaw ! Therefore any articulation movements would become arbitrary and guesswork. Now you can see, why it makes such a big difference as to where the model is placed  in the articulator. In order to capture the exact relation of the upper jaw to the hinge-axis we need to take a face-bow!  ..... I forgot to mention, that this drawing is only 2-dimensional, a face-bow captures  3-dimensionally .....

By the way, a KaVo Face-Bow, with its one screw tightening system is the easiest to use. Two minutes and it is done !

PETERS DENTAL CERAMIC STUDIO LTD.

A full service laboratory

For more information, contact:  Mark Peters, RDT, President

Telephone (416) 763-7539 Facsimile (416) 763-0806 Toll Free 1-800-969-6607

3330 Dundas Street West, Toronto, On M6P 2A4