Virtual facebow technique

Eneko Solaberrieta; Asier Garmendia; Rikardo Minguez; Aritza Brizuela; Guillermo Pradies

doi:10.1016/j.prosdent.2015.06.012

Virtual facebow technique

J Prosthet Dent. 2015 Dec;114(6):751-5. doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2015.06.012. Epub 2015 Sep 12.

Authors

Eneko Solaberrieta¹, Asier Garmendia², Rikardo Minguez³, Aritza Brizuela⁴, Guillermo Pradies⁵

Affiliations

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Graphics Design and Engineering Projects, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain. Electronic address: eneko.solaberrieta@ehu.eus.
² Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain.
³ Assistant Professor, Department of Graphics Design and Engineering Projects, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain.
⁴ Associate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and Occlusion, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain.
⁵ Assistant Professor, Department of Buccofacial Prostheses Stomatology I, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 26372628
DOI: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2015.06.012

Abstract

This article describes a virtual technique for transferring the location of a digitized cast from the patient to a virtual articulator (virtual facebow transfer). Using a virtual procedure, the maxillary digital cast is transferred to a virtual articulator by means of reverse engineering devices. The following devices necessary to carry out this protocol are available in many contemporary practices: an intraoral scanner, a digital camera, and specific software. Results prove the viability of integrating different tools and software and of completely integrating this procedure into a dental digital workflow.

MeSH terms

Dental Articulators*
Humans
Jaw Relation Record*
Maxilla
Software*