Patent ID: 7597555

Claim:
A dental model articulator comprising: a first articulator half and a second articulator half, each articulator half having a first arm segment terminating at its distal end in a first arm connection element and terminating at its proximal end in a node element, and a second arm segment terminating at its distal end in a second arm connection element and terminating at its proximal end in a retaining element, the retaining element receiving the node element to define a hinge joint; the first and second articulator halves connected solely by first and second extender elements at opposed ends of the extender elements, the first extender element connecting between the first arm connection element of the first articulator half and the second arm connection element of the second articulator half, and the second extender element connecting between the second arm connection element of the first articulator half and the first arm connection element of the second articulator half, the length of the first and second extender elements widening a distance between the first and second articulator halves.