Articulator for use in the making of dentures or parts thereof
US4290754A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 12, 1980 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61C11/088
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An articulator for use in making dentures or parts thereof wherein two principal members, pivotable relative to each other by means of conventional condylar mechanisms, have anchoring means for teeth models required for making the dentures. In order for one principal member to carry the other, it has a single, slender arm or post which at its end towards the other member carries the condylar shafts of the condylar mechanisms, with the condylar balls displaceable on said shafts, while the other principal member carries the condylar tracks.
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