Abstract: A bracket having a vertical column for supporting a face bow and a bite fork on the face of a patient with impressionable material on the bite fork in the mouth of the patient with the patient's teeth engaging the impressionable material making an impression thereon, and ear engaging members on the face bow engaging the ear openings of the patient, and a lip engaging indicator on the face bow engaging the lip of the patient. The face bow being removable from the bracket and the bracket with facebow removed being adapted to support the bite fork on an articulator, where dentures supported on the articulator can be articulated relative to the impressions on the impressionable material supported on the bite fork.

Abstract: An articulator having an upper frame having an upper arm and a lower frame having a lower arm. A pivot is provided on the upper arm swingably supporting the upper frame on the lower frame. Adjusting mechanism is provided for adjusting the upper arm relative to the lower arm so that a casting supported on the upper arm can be rotated relative to the lower arm or tilted up and down, forward and laterally, as well as swinging the upper casting relative to the lower casting. The dental articulator simulates the operation of human jaws for use in the manufacture of false teeth. An upper frame representing the upper jaw is mounted to a lower frame by a pair of ball and socket joints which may be adjusted to approximate a specific patient's jaw hinge. The adjusting mechanism can include a computer controlled motor for adjusting the upper arm relative to the lower arm in accordance with X-ray data of a patient's jaw structure.

Abstract: A face bow for use with an articulator. The face bow has a caliper having ends to engage the ear area of a patient to support the articulator, a naison suture engaging means to engage the nose area of the patient and a fork to engage the teeth of a patient. Adjusting means to adjust the position of the naison indicator engaging means, the auditory meatus engaging means and the fork relative to each other. The face bow being adapted to be transferred to an articulator for use in adjusting dental models on the articulator.

Abstract: A dental articulator with two teeth aligning plates is provided. The plates are respectively attached to the upper and lower base means by means of which horizontal, vertical and lateral adjustments of the condylar members can be accomplished independent of one another. The condylar joints are pivoted about a horizontal axis which can be adjusted both laterally and vertically.