Dental articulator

Claim 2

An articulator for dental restoration and the like comprising a unitary body having support arms each for supporting a respective denture model, said arms each being spaced from the other to support their respective denture models in a predetermined vertical and horizontal relation, said unitary support body having a portion bent to position said arms spaced from each other and for support of their respective denture models in a predetermined vertical and horizontal relation, and engaging means on one of said arms to releasably support its respective denture model to position the same in its predetermined vertical and horizontal relation with the denture model supported by the other of said arms.

Claim 3

An articulator for dental restoration and the like as in claim 1 wherein said bent portion assumes an effective U-shape with the unitary supporting arms being movable relative to each other at said bent portion.

Claim 4

An articulator for dental restoration and the like as in claim 2 wherein said bent portion connects each of said support arms for movement relative to each other in vertical and horizontal planes and in component movements thereof and including forward and rearward directions.

Claim 5

An articulator for dental restoration and the like as in claim 2, an insert having releasable engagement means for releasable engagement with said one of said arms to connect the same with its respective denture model, said releasable engaging means including means to align said insert and said one arm in said predetermined vertical and horizontal relation.

Claim 6

A dental articulator comprising a plurality of support arms each adapted to support a denture model and forming parts of a body having an articulator portion thereon intermediate said arms, and said articulator portion joining said arms together in a predetermined relative position and operable to permit said arms to be moved relative to each other from said predetermined relative position, said arms, body and articulator portion each forming a single element.

Claim 7

A dental articulator comprising a plurality of support arms each adapted to support a denture model and forming parts of a body having an articulator portion thereon intermediate said arms, and said articulator portion joining said arms together in a predetermined relative position and operable to permit said arms to be moved relative to each other from said predetermined relative position, said arms, body and articulator portion each forming a single element.

Claim 8

A dental articulator as in claim 5, said articulator portion being operable to permit said arms to move relative to each other forwardly and rearwardly and in a vertical plane and in a horizontal plane and in components of said planes.

Claim 9

A dental articulator as in claim 6, said articulator portion being effectively U-shaped with the legs of said effective U-shape being connected with said support arms and being movable with said support arms.

Claim 10

A dental articulator as in claim 6, insert means cooperable with one of said arms, said insert means and said one of said arms having releasable engaging means to enable the denture model supported by said one of said arms to be releasably connected therewith.

Claim 11

A dental articulator as in claim 6, one of said arms being disposed substantially horizontally and the other of said arms being disposed substantially vertically.

Claim 12

A dental articulator comprising a single uninterrupted rod-like body bent to form an articulator portion intermediate the ends thereof, said articulator portion joining together arms at the opposite ends of said body in a predetermined relative position, EACH of said arms being adapted to support a respective denture model in said predetermined relative position, aligning means on one of said arms for aligning its respective supported denture model in said relative position with respect to the denture model supported by the other of said arms, said aligning means enabling the release from and re-engagement with its respective denture model to support the same in said predetermined relative position, and said articulator portion being operable to enable said arms to move relative to each other forwardly and rearwardly and upwardly and downwardly and laterally and in components of such movements relative to each other from said predetermined relative position.

Claim 13

A dental articulator comprising a single uninterrupted rod-like body bent to form an articulator portion intermediate the ends thereof, said articulator portion joining together arms at the opposite ends of said body in a predetermined relative position, EACH of said arms being adapted to support a respective denture model in said predetermined relative position, aligning means on one of said arms for aligning its respective supported denture model in said relative position with respect to the denture model supported by the other of said arms, said aligning means enabling the release from and re-engagement with its respective denture model to support the same in said predetermined relative position, and said articulator portion being operable to enable said arms to move relative to each other forwardly and rearwardly and upwardly and downwardly and laterally and in components of such movements relative to each other from said predetermined relative position.