Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal. 2012 Jan 1;17(1):e160-3. doi: 10.4317/medoral.17147.
The future of dental practice is closely linked to the utilization of computer-based technology, specifically virtual reality, which allows the dental surgeon to simulate true life situations in patients. The virtual articulator has been designed for the exhaustive analysis of static and dynamic occlusion, with the purpose of substituting mechanical articulators and avoiding their errors. These tools will help both odontologists and dental prosthetists to provide the best individualized treatment for each patient. The present review analyzes the studies published in the literature on the design, functioning and applications of virtual articulators. A Medline-PubMed search was made of dental journals, with the identification of 137 articles, of which 16 were finally selected. The virtual articulator can simulate the specific masticatory movement of the patient. During mandibular animation, the program calculates the sites where the opposing teeth come into contact. The studies made to assess the reliability of the virtual articulator show good correspondence in visualization of the number and position of the dynamic contacts. The virtual articulator is a precise tool for the full analysis of occlusion in a real patient.
牙科实践的未来与计算机技术的应用紧密相关，特别是虚拟现实技术，它使牙医能够在患者身上模拟真实的生活场景。虚拟牙合架被设计用于全面分析静态和动态咬合，旨在替代机械牙合架并避免其误差。这些工具将帮助口腔医生和牙科技师为每位患者提供最佳的个性化治疗。本文综述分析了文献中关于虚拟牙合架的设计、功能和应用的研究。在牙科期刊上进行了 Medline-PubMed 搜索，确定了 137 篇文章，最终选择了 16 篇。虚拟牙合架可以模拟患者特定的咀嚼运动。在下颌运动过程中，程序计算出相对牙齿接触的部位。为评估虚拟牙合架可靠性而进行的研究表明，在可视化动态接触的数量和位置方面具有良好的一致性。虚拟牙合架是一种精确的工具，可用于对真实患者的咬合进行全面分析。
