| 摘要 |
<p>An integrated modular dental measuring apparatus (100) and method of use for producing edentulous dentures. The apparatus is a set of components including a lower dental tray (102) having a removable modular contact plate (106) with an upwardly extending shoulder (108) surrounding a tapered opening (120), a ball nut (122) retained in the tapered opening, and a post (124) adjustably secured to the ball nut. A modular striking plate (126) may be removably attached to an upper dental tray (104) or an integrated striking sector (178) on a bottom surface (130) of the upper dental tray (104) is utilized to accurately obtain an established occlusal vertical and centric relation positions. The contact plate (106) and striking plate (126) are each configured as snap-in components to the respective trays. One size contact plate and one size striking plate fit on all sizes of dental trays. Additionally, the contact plate (106) may be utilized as a spacer between the dental trays once the post (124) and ball nut (122) are removed. Finally, the contact plate (106) and striking plate (126) may be removed for functional positioning and esthetic blue printing measurements.</p> |
