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Articulator

Articulator (Latin of articulatum, articulo – articulately to say, dismember) – the device which reproduces the main movements of a mandible; it is applied at production of removable prostheses to formation of artificial dentitions.

Allocate:

  • Articulator anatomic – at the heart of a design average anatomic sizes which are received during registration of the movements of a mandible at various people are put;
  • The articulator universal – provides an opportunity to establish the individual anatomic sizes received at registration of the movements of a mandible at the patient.
 
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