The Virtual Articulator. A Tool Based on Virtual Reality Technology

      Аннотация: Virtual refer to as “immersive, interactive, multi-sensory, viewer-centered, and threedimensional (3D) generated environment”. Virtual dental articulator provides virtual reality applications to the world of dental practice which is used for occlusal relations. The virtual Articulators integrates all the necessary tools and performs a collaborative-based approach where each activity is directly supported by the acquired knowledge of the specific domain. The VR articulator is undoubtedly more than an entertaining novelty .The concept of Digital Articulator is revolutionizing the conventional ways in dentistry and replace the mechanicaltools. The Digital Articulators are capable of producing prostheses kinematically by simulating human mandibular movements, moving digitalized occlusal surfaces against each other and eliminating the occlusal interferences to enable smooth and collision-free movements. This book will brief out the development of various virtual artiulators and it's application.

Ключевые слова: Virtual articulator, mandibular movements, Reverse engineering, CAD CAM