. The Dental cosmos. ompound balls mayseem exaggerated, but it is necessary thatthey should be large, in order to preservethe relations that have been registered. We now measure the distance betweenthe alveolar ridge and the condyles inthe incisor region. Bonwill found that there was an aver-age distance of 10 cm. between the twocondyles, and that this distance was equalto that between each condyle and themesial edge of the lower central models must therefore be mountedon an anatomical articulator by placingthe incisors at 10 cm. from the condyles. But as this distance varies from
. The Dental cosmos. ompound balls mayseem exaggerated, but it is necessary thatthey should be large, in order to preservethe relations that have been registered. We now measure the distance betweenthe alveolar ridge and the condyles inthe incisor region. Bonwill found that there was an aver-age distance of 10 cm. between the twocondyles, and that this distance was equalto that between each condyle and themesial edge of the lower central models must therefore be mountedon an anatomical articulator by placingthe incisors at 10 cm. from the condyles. But as this distance varies from 7 to13 cm. in various subjects, it is prefer-able to adjust the models at the distance AMOEDO. OCCLUSION AND THE CONDYLE PAXIL 417 required for the patient Tor whom thework is being done. 1 always make useof Snows face-bow. This instrumenthas a fork which is fixed in front of the face-bow can be fixed. I mount themupon my own articulator, which is soconstructed as to receive the face-bow.(See Figs. 7 and 8.) Fig. Snows face-bow applied to Amoedos anatomical articulator; side view. Thisserves to determine the distance between the alveolar edges in front andthe condvles. Fig. 8.
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