Articulators through the years revisited: from 1971-1990

Abstract

Articulating anything is like carving statue. On building a statue, a sculptor does not keep adding clay to his subject; actually he keep chiseiling at the unessentials until the truth is revealed without obstruction. That is the articulator, though an mechanical entity in itself is meaningless until that occlusion functions in the mouth in harmony with biologic factors that regulate the mandibular activity of the patient. This article presents Articulators from 1951-1970 that are based on innovation of semiadjustable, fullyadjustable and pantographic tracings. In this period, three dimensional adjustable articulators that would accept and reproduce the measurements recorded by the pantograph, measuring device for recording all mandibular movements, adjustable condylar inclination, adjustable Bennett angles, immediate sideshift (I.S.S.) settings, protrusion and retrusion indicators were described.