A completely new articulator concept, ideally suited for model adjustment to reproduce natural vertical movements. The unique counter-rotating condyle movement allows an occlusal compass of any width to be scanned. Retrusion is controlled together with the other excursion movements. Achieve more with less: This articulator allows new, efficient working habits!
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The internal clear height corresponds to the same standard as the Artex® Carbon, but this room is divided up differently. In the upper part of the Physio-Logic articulator there is 49 mm more space above the axis, i.e. 22 mm more, the lower part is correspondingly less high. The mounting point for the models is placed 19 mm further anteriorly - the articulator was stretched sagittally accordingly.
When mounting the model at a natural closing angle with the Vector-Analyzer®, there is no more space to worry about, even if you want to use model base or saw systems that really take up a lot of space.
® Registered trademark of Rainer Schöttl, D.D.S.(USA), D-91052 Erlangen, Germany. Artex is a registered trademark of Amann Girrbach AG, 6842, Koblach, AT.
While it might have been possible to make do with the space offered by a conventional articulator during HIP assembly, the completely new control of the Physio-Logic Articulator opens up completely different working methods. Right from the start, the aim in development was to achieve more with less.
Therefore, no adjustments are required for horizontal condyle track guidance. It takes account of the changed articulator geometry with the greater distance between model and axis and is kept flat at 0°. It controls the vertical separation between the posterior teeth during horizontal excursions. If this is too large, unnecessarily steep cusp slopes with high interference potential occur. If it is too flat, then the design of functional occlusal surfaces. However, this is also controlled anteriorly, either via the incisor contact, if it exists, or by means of support pin guides, which can be manufactured individually. This automatically results in sequential cusp inclinations that become flatter from anterior to posterior. A smart prefabricated support pin guide with several angles is currently in production and will be available shortly.
A completely new feature is the possibility of tracking a counter-rotating condyle movement with the articulator. With a lateral movement to the right, for example, the right condyle can be retruded while the left one simultaneously protrudes. In relation to the posterior teeth, this makes it possible to scan an occlusal compass of any width in the articulator. This required completely new ways of centric locking. It now only needs to be flipped up with the thumb and retrusion and all possible lateral movements can be performed, whereby the retrusion movement automatically contains a surtrusive component of 10°, which helps to maintain retrusion contacts on the premolars. Clicked down, the locking mechanism reliably fixes the articulator in its central position again.
The two balls in the extended axis are also helpful in guiding: here, the articulator can also be moved from the posterior position. For example, you can fix one side with your fingers and only protrude and retrude with the other. These balls are also used for infinitely variable adjustment of the immediate sideshift. It is even possible to move the articulator posteriorly around existing canine contacts in order to keep the occlusal interference potential as small as possible even with such complex movements.
With this articulator, completely new and efficient working habits develop quickly: First, the centricity is defined when growing up or building up splints. Once these have been established and adjusted, the guide through the centric locks in the articulator is no longer required, can be released and devoted entirely to the design of the most trouble-free eccentricity possible. Lengthy adjustments are completely eliminated and the control of retrusive movements is seamlessly integrated into those of the other excursions.
The aim of the entire design is to use simple means to find new ways in the articulator technique to create an occlusal design with the lowest possible interference potential, so that adjustments during insertion can be reduced to a minimum.
The articulator is delivered including the Baumann Multisplit® magnetic plates, which hold both Girrbach Splitex® and Baumann Adesso Split® plates. If desired, the multisplit plates can be synchronised. Please note that the lower magnetic plate is difficult to remove from the articulator once it has been glued in place with the adjustment key. Therefore, there are two different possibilities:
The lower magnetic plate is adjusted and glued in place before delivery. Should further Physio-Logic articulators be purchased in the future, they can already be delivered in parallel.
The articulator is covered with a synchronized multi-split plate, which is not glued in place. The fitting surfaces in the Baumann adjustment wrench make even the smallest deviations visible. It is most accurate if one and the same adjustment key is used for a synchronization. If there is one in the laboratory, it can be used for synchronization with existing articulators.
Multisplit and Adesso Split are registered trademarks of Karsten Baumann, D-75210 Keltern
Splitex is a registered trademark of Amann Girrbach GmbH, D-75177 Pforzheim, Germany
