Dentistry – Apparatus – Having means to record or indicate jaw movement or position...
Patent
1999-04-13
2000-08-22
Wilson, John J.
Dentistry
Apparatus
Having means to record or indicate jaw movement or position...
433 75, A61C 1904
Patent
active
061062855
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is an apparatus for tracing a centric relation of a mandible including a stylus arranged at a point, where an occlusal plane and a mid-sagittal plane cross a line extending between central fossae of mandibular first molars, and a tracing-plate adapted to be mounted to a maxilla at a region corresponding to the stylus. The tracing apparatus also includes a ball threadedly coupled to the stylus in such a fashion that it is fitted around the stylus in the form of a nut and cylinder, a base plate having a circular hole provided with an arc-shaped surface serving as a seat for the ball, a support plate arranged over the base plate and coupled to the base plate while being vertically spaced from the base plate, the support plate having a circular hole provided with an arc-shaped surface cooperating with the arc-shaped surface of the base plate to clamp the ball therebetween when the support plate is in a state coupled to the base plate, and a plurality of support members each mounted to a desired portion of the base plate at one end thereof and engaged with a desired surface portion of a dentition at the other end thereof, thereby maintaining the base plate at a desired position. Since the ball is selectively pivotable, it is possible to easily and conveniently adjust the position and orientation of the stylus.
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