Occludator, face bow, occlusion and system for reproducing a temporomandibular joint

2003 
An occluder with a lower arcuate portion for mounting a lower jaw tooth mold, an upper arc-shaped part for fixing to the upper jaw tooth mold and right and left joints, which connect the upper arc-shaped part and the lower arcuate portion and a movement including an opening / closing movement and a lateral movement enable characterized in that the joint comprises an artificial condyle which is removably secured to the lower arcuate portion and protruding upward, and an artificial articular fossa which is detachably secured to the upper arcuate portion and facing from above the artificial condyle, wherein the artificial condyle and the artificial articular fossa both have the same contour as the mandibular condyle or the maxillary fossa of a person whose impression has been obtained in the preparation of the upper jaw tooth model.
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