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Laser Indicated Occlusal Plane Device: A Novel Technique for Occlusal Plane Orientation

Parallelism to the ala-tragus line is commonly used as a guide for the orientation of the occlusal plane with the help of a fox plane. The accuracy of parallelism is affected by improper judgment or patient movement. This report describes a method with a modified fox plane that aids in occlusal plan...

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Autores principales: Natarajan, Keerthika, Krishnan, Murugesan, Srinivasan, Suganya, Venkat, Gowtham, Balasubramanian, Muthukumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10209776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37249994
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ccd.ccd_647_21
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Sumario:Parallelism to the ala-tragus line is commonly used as a guide for the orientation of the occlusal plane with the help of a fox plane. The accuracy of parallelism is affected by improper judgment or patient movement. This report describes a method with a modified fox plane that aids in occlusal plane determination. The device is placed in the patient’s mouth with the maxillary occlusal rim to determine parallelism to the ala-tragus line and interpupillary line. The adjustments are made until the laser light on the device runs parallel to the ala-tragus line, and the spirit bubble is centered between the lines of the tube. This technique facilitates direct visualization of parallelism, thereby avoiding parallax errors.