Mounting digital casts on a virtual articulator by using two-dimensional facial photographs with a facebow: A technique

Luís Anes; Jorge André Cardoso; Luís Azevedo; Kevin Oliveira; Francisco Maligno

doi:10.1016/j.prosdent.2024.01.032

Mounting digital casts on a virtual articulator by using two-dimensional facial photographs with a facebow: A technique

J Prosthet Dent. 2024 Feb 27:S0022-3913(24)00065-9. doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2024.01.032. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Luís Anes¹, Jorge André Cardoso², Luís Azevedo³, Kevin Oliveira⁴, Francisco Maligno⁵

Affiliations

¹ Private practice, Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: luis.anes@hotmail.com.
² MClinDent Prosthodontics and Postgraduate Tutor, Aesthetic Dentistry, Kings College London, London, England, United Kingdom; Private practice, Espinho, Portugal; and Private practice, Porto, Portugal.
³ PhD Candidate, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Orofacial Prostheses, Faculty of Dentistry, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain; Researcher, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health, Catholic University of Portugal (UCP), Viseu, Portugal; and Postgraduate student, Division of Fixed Prosthodontics and Biomaterials, University Clinics for Dental Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Former Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; and Private practice, Figueira da Foz, Portugal.
⁵ PhD Candidate and Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal; and Private practice, Figueira da Foz, Portugal.

PMID: 38418301
DOI: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2024.01.032

Abstract

This technique uses 3 or 4 two-dimensional (2D) photographs, including a frontal headshot with a facebow and lip retractors, a profile headshot with a facebow and lip retractors on the right or left side, and a frontal headshot with a facebow during maximum smile without retractors. These 2D photographs are used to digitally mount casts on a virtual articulator.