Programming Articulator for Rehabilitating Loss in Vertical Dimension using a Customized Bifunctional Incisal Jig

While performing any prosthodontic rehabilitation, the accuracy of diagnostic wax-up is proportional to the predictability of end treatment result, as it forms a template for the provisional as well as final restorations. The most common challenge faced by dental clinicians in severely worn dentitio...

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Main Authors: Aryen Kaushik, Punit Raj Singh Khurana, Anju Aggarwal, Dhwanit Widhani
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Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Dental Research
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_60_23
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Anju Aggarwal
Dhwanit Widhani
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description While performing any prosthodontic rehabilitation, the accuracy of diagnostic wax-up is proportional to the predictability of end treatment result, as it forms a template for the provisional as well as final restorations. The most common challenge faced by dental clinicians in severely worn dentition patients is the difficulty to program the condylar guidance on an articulator using eccentric bite records, due to loss of anterior guidance and interferences in the posterior teeth. Conventionally, in such cases, an arbitrary diagnostic wax-up followed by an intraoral temporization is done to obtain the incisal guidance first, and the condylar guidance is later programmed in the presence of posterior disocclusion using eccentric bite records. However, this increases the chairside time and clinical visits. Therefore, this article describes the use of a customized bifunctional incisal jig to record centric relation at the desired occlusal vertical dimension along with programming the condylar guidance before a diagnostic wax-up is performed.
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spelling doaj-art-bbc3487aba04468e85972869d7c23edf2025-08-20T02:02:10ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Dental Research0970-92901998-36032025-01-0136111211510.4103/ijdr.ijdr_60_23Programming Articulator for Rehabilitating Loss in Vertical Dimension using a Customized Bifunctional Incisal JigAryen KaushikPunit Raj Singh KhuranaAnju AggarwalDhwanit WidhaniWhile performing any prosthodontic rehabilitation, the accuracy of diagnostic wax-up is proportional to the predictability of end treatment result, as it forms a template for the provisional as well as final restorations. The most common challenge faced by dental clinicians in severely worn dentition patients is the difficulty to program the condylar guidance on an articulator using eccentric bite records, due to loss of anterior guidance and interferences in the posterior teeth. Conventionally, in such cases, an arbitrary diagnostic wax-up followed by an intraoral temporization is done to obtain the incisal guidance first, and the condylar guidance is later programmed in the presence of posterior disocclusion using eccentric bite records. However, this increases the chairside time and clinical visits. Therefore, this article describes the use of a customized bifunctional incisal jig to record centric relation at the desired occlusal vertical dimension along with programming the condylar guidance before a diagnostic wax-up is performed.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_60_23bifunctional jigcondylar guidanceworn dentition
spellingShingle Aryen Kaushik
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Indian Journal of Dental Research
bifunctional jig
condylar guidance
worn dentition
title Programming Articulator for Rehabilitating Loss in Vertical Dimension using a Customized Bifunctional Incisal Jig
title_full Programming Articulator for Rehabilitating Loss in Vertical Dimension using a Customized Bifunctional Incisal Jig
title_fullStr Programming Articulator for Rehabilitating Loss in Vertical Dimension using a Customized Bifunctional Incisal Jig
title_full_unstemmed Programming Articulator for Rehabilitating Loss in Vertical Dimension using a Customized Bifunctional Incisal Jig
title_short Programming Articulator for Rehabilitating Loss in Vertical Dimension using a Customized Bifunctional Incisal Jig
title_sort programming articulator for rehabilitating loss in vertical dimension using a customized bifunctional incisal jig
topic bifunctional jig
condylar guidance
worn dentition
url https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_60_23
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