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Disinfection Tips for Articulators

Thinking of heat sterilizing your articulators? The maximum temperature/time Whip Mix, Hanau and Denar aluminum parts will tolerate is 300°F/5 minutes.

Denar Latch Spring and Parts in General

Not all parts are interchangeable nor are there parts available for every old articulator. If the Articulator is older than 10 years, it may not have parts. If it is a model that we currently manufacture, it most likely will have parts, even if it’s older than ten years. It is always is a wise idea to ask technical support.

Ancient Articulators and Moving Forward

In the real world of dentistry, there are grand old instruments used everyday that offer nowhere near the original function. Then there are the instruments that, in general, are left on the bookshelf or in the cabinet, and trotted out now and then, for the occasional “big” case.

Intelligent Guessing in Arbitrary Articulation

When it comes to mounting cases on Full Frame Articulators, we always hope that there is good patient information with the impression. It should include a good Facebow registration and bite registration. However, the fact of the matter is that most of the time none of that information is available.