Procedure for occlusal refinement of mounted definitive casts to reduce clinical time required for adjustment of...

The dental technician works with rigid casts and dies that do not tip or depress. The dentist must use fixed prostheses that have been fabricated in a laboratory setting in a clinical environment that is significantly different. Periodontal ligaments permit individual teeth to move within their boney housing. Mandibles tip and bend, but articulators cannot simulate all this activity. A relatively simple technique for adjusting inclines on the mounted definitive and opposing casts can compensate for many of the differences between rigid casts and subtle clinical tooth movement. This procedure can reduce required chairtime for adjusting the occlusion on crowns and fixed partial dentures.