FINESSE A-RH (reduced height) - FINO

FINESSE
Original FINO
Germany
FINESSE A/FINESSE A-RH/FINESSE B-RH
Mittelwertartikulator 16640/16660/16661
Average-position Articulator
Articulateur à valeur moyenne
Articuladores de valor promedio
Articolatore a valore medio
Artikulátor s průměrným sklonem kloubní dráhy.
FINESSE TK
Teiljustierbarer Artikulator 16641
Semi-adjustable Articulator
Articulateur partiellement réglable
Articulador de ajuste parcia
Articolatore a regolazione parziale
Artikulátor s průměrným
sklonem kloubní dráhy.
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1. The Articulator
The articulator is the most important device for the fabrication of dental restorations.
Thereby the function as well as the aesthetic of prosthetic work is closely related to the
quality of the articulator that was used. Different types of restorations as well as the individual
intraoral situation of the patient make high demands on the used articulators.
ARCON and NON ARCON articulators: ARCON stands for articulator condyle. In
ARCON articulators, the condylar balls are attached to the lower part of the articulator.
In NON ARCON articulators they are in the upper part. Thus upper and lower parts of
an articulator form a single unit. The condylar ball is design-related guided in the lower
part of the articulator. This prevents malfunctions, which might be caused by an insufficient
guidance while working.
2. FINESSE Articulators
The articulators FINESSE A, FINESSE A-RH, FINESSE B-RH and FINESSE TK have
the same basic design. Upper and lower parts of the articulators are adjusted centrally to
each other.
Compared to the types FINESSE A und FINESSE TK the articulators FINESSE A-RH
and FINESSE B-RH have been reduced in total height. Thus the articulators with the
additional designation RH correspond to the mounting heights of the earlier Artex ® -
articulators. Because also the base as well as the Splitex ® plates of the Artex®articulators
can be used, both systems are compatible.
Upper and lower parts of the articulators are varnished. All screws are made of stainless
steel. Delivery includes: FINESSE articulator complete with base plates, incisal support,
incisal table and incisal guidance pin.
The incisal guidance pin has a millimetre scale. The deepest groove corresponds to the
zero position. (Upper and lower part of the articulator are parallel). The incisal guidance
pin is locked with a screw. The boreholes at the incisal guidance pin serve for positioning
the incisal pointer. The hole in the middle is used to position the incisal pointer. The
tip of the incisal pointer marks the incisal point, which is the tip of the Bonwill triangle.
In the FINESSE articulators it has an edge length of 110 mm.
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The incisal table can be changed. The incisal table must be poisoned in a way that the
incisal support in its zero position is standing exactly in the middle.
The articulator columns have a groove. It is in the height of the incisal pointer. Grooves
and incisal pointer serve as orientation for an average position mounting.
At the rear side of the articulator there is an inclined support, which facilitates the slant
positioning of the articulator and thus enables a visual control of the dental technical
work.
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FINESSE A
Non-Arcon Semi-adjustable Articulator
Technical Data:
• Benett angle 15°
• Incisal table 15°
• Condylar inclination 35°
• Intercondylar distance 110 mm
• Weight 820 g
FINESSE A-RH (reduced height)
Non-Arcon Semi-adjustable articulator
Technical Data:
• Benett angle 15°
• Incisal table 15°
• Condylar inclination 35°
• Intercondylar distance 110 mm
• Weight 820 g
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FINESSE B-RH (reduced height)
Non-Arcon Semi-adjustable articulator
Benett angle adjustable
Technical Data:
• Benett angle infinitely adjustable
from 0 to 20°
• Incisal table 15°
• Condylar inclination 35°
• Intercondylar distance 110 mm
• Weight 820 g
FINESSE TK
Semi-adjustable non-arcon articulator
Technical Data:
• Benett angle infinitely adjustable
from 0 to 20°
• Incisal table 15°
• Condylar inclination infinitely
adjustable from 10 - 60°
• Infinitely variable protrusion up to
5 mm, retrusion up to -2 mm.
• Intercondylar distance 110 mm
• Weight 830 g
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3. Product description
1 Upper articulator part
2 Lower articulator part
3 Synchronisation column
4 Condylar guidance
5 Bennett angle
6 Incisal support
7 Incisal guidance pin
8 Incisal pointer
Adjustment of Benett angle Condylar inclination Protrusion, retrusion
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4. Accessories for
FINESSE Articulators
1 Splitcast matrix (16649)
2 Bite fork support (16646)
3 Mounting plates, screwable (16652)
4 Occlusal plane template (16647)
5 Magnetic Splitcast system (16648)
6 Transfer stand (16645)
7 Synchronisation column (16644)
The transfer stand is used to insert the
bite fork, which is mounted on the joint
support, into the FINESSE articulator. With use of a synchronisation column,
the transport of FINESSE articulators
between dental clinic and
dental laboratory can be waived.
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5. FINESSE Facebow
The FINESSE TK facebow guarantees a safe transfer of the jaw relationship.
It is transferred to the FINESSE TK articulator. Reference plane is the Frankfurt
horizontal.
1 Porus buttons (ear olives)
2 Orbital pointer
3 Locking screw
4 Bite fork
5 Hinged fixation for bite fork
6 Locking screw of registration hinge
7 Nasal bar
Delivery includes:
1 Facebow
1 Nasal bar
1 Bite fork
1 Hinged fixation for bite fork
1 Leather case
Additional space provided for bite fork or
hinged fixation.
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6. Working with Facebow and
FINESSE TK
First a thin layer of wax or thermo-plastic material is applied on the bite fork (4). In case
of insufficient support in a partial dentition it is recommended to build-up the impression
material up to tooth length. The bite fork is now adapted to the upper teeth of the
patient (Pic. 1). It must be observed that sufficient material has been applied so that the
patient cannot bite through on the metal of the bite fork. Subsequently the facebow is
set. This has to be done with an open mouth after the bite fork has been adapted to the
upper teeth (Pic. 2). The procedure is as follows: The bite fork is guided in the facebow
using the hinged fixation (5). Then the Porus buttons (1) – also called ear olives – are
inserted into the acoustic meatus of the patient and the locking screws (3) of the facebow
are tightened for fixation. The nasal bar (7) of the facebow is now set on the Glabella
(bony protuberance of the frontal bone above the root of the nose between the eye
brows) and adapted. The bite fork is inserted into the mouth of the patient and attached
to the teeth of the upper jaw. Then the locking screw of the registration joint is tightened.
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1. Remove incisal guidance pin, screw incisal
guidance table to the upper part of the
articulator, insert support for bite fork (1)
and place the transfer stand (2) in the articulator.
2. Insert the hinged fixation for the bite fork (5)
into the transfer stand and support the bite
fork with the bite fork support.
3. Screw the incisal guidance pin in the upper
part of the articulator. Insert Splitcast. Open
articulator and position the upper model on
the bite fork (4).
4. Before plastering of the upper model, close
articulator again to estimate the required
quantity of plaster.
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5. Apply base model plaster on the mounting
plates (Splitcast) and the upper model and
close the articulator.
6. Open articulator after hardening of the
plaster. Insert incisal table in the lower part,
screw in incisal guidance pin and set to
zero position. Attach mounting plates
(Splitcast) to the lower part of the articulator
and place lower jaw model (after registration).
7. Mix base model plaster and apply to
mounting plate (Splitcast) and lower
model.
8. Close articulator.
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