A universal articulator is a device used in a dental laboratory to simulate the movements of the lower jaw for the purpose of making removable dentures.
The universal articulator provides the ability to set individual anatomical values obtained as a result of recording the movements of the lower jaw in a particular patient. This allows the occlusal relationships of the dentition and the movements of the lower jaw of each patient to be reproduced as accurately as possible.
Thanks to this, optimal adaptation of the prosthesis in the oral cavity is achieved and prosthetic errors are prevented. The universal articulator can simulate various types of movements of the lower jaw - working, lateral and protrusive.
Thus, the use of a universal articulator makes it possible to produce high-quality removable dentures that maximally reproduce the individual characteristics of each patient’s bite.
A universal articulator is a medical device that is used to create individual models of the patient’s jaws for further use in the manufacture of prostheses. This product was developed and launched on the market for the convenience and efficiency of dentists. Initially, a universal articulator was necessary to draw up a plan for dental prosthetics; the dentist must know the dimensions of the patient's oral cavity in order to make the best prosthesis that maintains the correct balance of the tongue and masticatory muscles, which in itself is a primary task. However, today the universal articulator is used not only at the stages of planning and manufacturing a prosthesis, but also very widely in orthopedics and orthodontics.
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