Virtual Articulator

The Virtual Articulator module significantly reduces the time required for chairside occlusion adjustments while enhancing the overall in-mouth seating of dental prostheses. The Virtual Articulator simulation improves the dental prostheses design by adding kinematic analysis to the static CAD design process. The software simulates the complex mandibular movements of the human jaw by breaking them down into a series of pre-planned excursive movements such as Protrusion, Retrusion, Laterotrusion, and Immediate Side Shift. A powerful collision detection algorithm is then applied to dynamically compute occlusal contact regions.

For optimal results, Dental Wings has developed the following workflow within the DWOS solution:

1. The models are mounted and adjusted upon the articulator and then transferred to the Dental Wings scanner (3Series, 5Series or 7Series) for digitizing and building the virtual clinical case. Specially designed fixtures enable the proper transfer of the occlusal registration from the articulator to the scanner and vice versa. Dental Wings has established a partnership with SAM GmbH, which produces the articulator plate that is used with the plaster models that are compatible with Dental Wings scanners.
2. Dental prostheses are statically modelled using the DWOS Crown & Bridge module.
3. Following the simulation of virtual articulation applied to the clinical case, the software highlights the occlusion contact zones and automatically proposes the required prostheses design modifications.

Scan with articulator

Articulator excursion