THE VIRTUAL FACEBOW A DIGITAL COMPANION TO IMPLANTOLOGY
Author: Dr. Les Kalman
Abstract
"The Virtual Facebow has been developed as an
open-source tablet app that provides an alternative to
the conventional facebow for the mounting of casts
to an articulator.
The Virtual Facebow implements several design features
to prevent and minimize errors, provide accurate
mounting and reinforce the anatomical considerations
associated with articulators. The Virtual Facebow is an
effective, efficient and accessible digital companion to
dental implant diagnoses and treatment planning. To support proper mounting of patient casts, a face bow, which aligns the maxilla to relative facial planes, can be utilized. Errors in the utilization of the facebow, or complete lack thereof, create critical errors in diag noses and treatment planning that become magnified in the design and delivery of implant prosthetics.
The Virtual Facebow has been developed as a digital substitute to the analogue facebow to address the shortcomings."
