Patent ID: 8287276

Claim:
Method for transfer of a jaw model of a patient in relation to a patient hinge axis, via a lower jaw adapter ( 1 ), to an articulator assembly stand ( 22 ) having an assembly stand hinge axis ( 25 ), the method comprising the following steps: a) placing impression mass on a lower-jaw-side tooth contact surface of the lower jaw adapter ( 1 ); b) connecting the lower jaw adapter ( 1 ) with the dental arc of the patient's lower jaw, via the impression mass, thereby producing an impression of the lower jaw row of teeth in the impression mass such that a lower jaw model of the patient is formed; c) carrying out a jaw joint registration with hinge axis determination, whereby the relative position between the patient hinge axis ( 8 ) and the lower jaw adapter ( 1 ) is determined; d) connecting a bite carrier ( 3 ) of the lower jaw adapter ( 1 ) with the lower jaw model of the patient, via the lower jaw tooth impression in the impression mass on the bite carrier ( 3 ); e) placing the bite carrier ( 3 ) and lower jaw model into the assembly stand ( 22 ) via connecting a bite carrier coupling device ( 10 ) of the bite carrier ( 3 ) with an assembly stand coupling accommodation ( 23 ) of the articulator assembly stand ( 22 ), the bite carrier coupling device ( 10 ) being connected to the bite carrier ( 3 ) and being complementary in shape with the assembly stand coupling accommodation ( 23 ) such that the bite carrier coupling device ( 10 ) can be connected with shape fit with the assembly stand coupling accommodation ( 23 ), the assembly stand coupling accommodation ( 23 ) being able to be disposed on the articulator assembly stand ( 22 ) in an adjustable, reproducible relative position with regard to the articulator hinge axis ( 25 ), and matching the relative spatial position of the assembly stand coupling accommodation ( 23 ) relative to the assembly stand hinge axis ( 25 ) of the articulator assembly stand ( 22 ) to the relative position between the patient hinge axis ( 8 ) and the lower jaw adapter ( 1 ) determined during registration, until agreement between the patient hinge axis ( 8 ) and the assembly stand hinge axis ( 25 ) is reached; and f) fixing the lower jaw model in place on the lower jaw assembly plate of the assembly stand ( 22 ).