Patent ID: 11896450
Assignee: IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A process for calibrating a scanner to an articulator (10), comprising
providing a maxillary adaptor (50) clamped in a maxillary alignment member (70),
magnetically attaching the clamped maxillary adaptor (50) and maxillary alignment member (70) to a maxillary member (12) of the articulator (10),
bringing the articulator (10) into a zero position of an incisal pin (22), prior to or following closing centric brackets (20),
turning the articulator (10) and inserting a mandibular adaptor (52) into a mandibular alignment member (72), aligning the maxillary and mandibular alignment members (70,72) to each other, by form fitting,
magnetically attaching the mandibular adaptor (52) at the mandibular alignment member (72),
casting an articulation between the mandibular alignment member (72) and the mandibular adaptor (52) with a casting compound as a fixing material and curing the casting compound,
attaching scanning members (75,77,80) at the maxillary alignment member (70) or mandibular alignment member (72) or at both the maxillary and mandibular alignment members (70,72),
scanning an arrangement of alignment members (70,72) and adaptors (50,52) in the scanner and
acquiring from the scanner a relative position of the arrangement in relation to the articulator (10).