Patent ID: 6015291
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
Dental articulator having upper and lower members (9, 1), with condylar housings located on the upper member for accommodating and guiding condyles fixed to the lower member, where guide elements for the condyles for simulating the sagittal movements of the mandibular joint and Bennett guide elements for simulating the transverse movements of the mandibular joint are located in the condylar housing, characterised in that, for spatially controlled guidance on a laterotrusion side, each condyle comprises a condylar pin (5, 6) which extends along a joint axis through a condylar guide in the condylar housing (7, 8) connected to the upper member (9) of the articulator in detachable fashion through a guide slit (25) in a condylar insert (24) into the condylar housing (7, 8), in that a free end of the condylar pin (5, 6) can be positioned against a guide surface (22) of a Bennett guide element, which comprises a variable-angle Bennett insert (18), in the condylar housing (7, 8), in that directions of action of a sagittal guideway (28) of the condylar insert (24) for condylar guidance and of the guide surface (22) of the Bennett insert (18) are perpendicular to each other, and in that the condylar housing (7, 8) is open on one side in the direction of the upper side of the dental articulator.