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Implementing an optical jaw tracking system to locate centric occlusion: A dental technique
Marta Revilla-León1, Jonathan M Zeitler2, John C Kois3
1Affiliate Assistant Professor, Graduate Prosthodontics, Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash; Faculty and Director, Research and Digital Dentistry, Kois Center, Seattle, Wash; and Adjunct Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, Mass.
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Optical jaw tracking systems are designed to record the static maxillomandibular relationship and the mandibular motion of a patient, including excursive movements and mastication pattern. This digital data acquisition technology can be integrated into diagnostic and treatment planning procedures, as well as into designing dental prostheses. A step-by-step protocol to record a patient's digital data, including the repeatable reference position of the jaw or centric relation, by using an intraoral scanner, Kois deprogrammer, and optical jaw tracking system is described. The data are then processed in the software program of the jaw tracking system to locate centric occlusion.
