METHOD FOR DEVELOPING BALANCED OCCLUSION IN DENTISTRY

摘要

A method of custom molding occlusal surfaces (106) of dentures (100) and the surfaces (106) thus produced. Special teeth (108) are used for the lower posterior teeth (126L) on the mandibular plate (104) of dentures (100) and a central bearing device (116) is attached to the dentures (100). Each special tooth (108) has a central receptacle (110) used initially for holding an insert (114) for positioning the dentures (100) while the central bearing device (116) is adjusted and then as a container to hold moldable resin (112) when the insert (114) is removed. The central receptacle (110) holds the resin (112) as it is molded by the opposing teeth (126U) moving through all possible eccentric positions, with the central bearing device (116) preventing the teeth (126L & 126U) from closing too far. The resin (112) is then cured and trimmed and the dentures (100) are clinically fit to the patient before the central bearing device (116) is removed from the dentures (100).