TOOL FOR OBTAINING DENTAL OCCLUSION IN PATIENT WITH EDENTULOUS JAW

摘要

A tool for obtaining a dental occlusion in an edentulous patient has a main body (1) including a rear curved plate (1a) to be positioned at an intraoral buccal of maxillary and mandibular ridges of the edentulous patient, a front curved plate (1b) to be positioned at extraoral upper and lower lips of the edentulous patient, a connecting part (1c) that connects respective intermediate parts of the rear curved plate (1a) and the front curved plate (1b) along a vertical direction, and a through-hole (1d) that penetrates the rear curved plate (1a), the front curved plate (1b), and the connecting part (1c), wherein a position of the main body (1) is fixed in a state in which the connecting part (1c) is held between the upper and lower lips, and an adjusting shaft (2) inserted into the through-hole (1d), and has one end thereof projecting extraorally from a center between the upper and lower lips, and another end which has a tongue support (2a), thereof intraorally holding a tip end of a tongue, wherein the adjusting shaft (2) adjusts a position of the tongue support (2a) to suppress movement of the tongue when obtaining the dental occlusion.