Application of the SAM-2P Articulator in Fixed Prosthodontics

U radu je opisana skupina SAM artikulatora, tipovi i njihove promjene tijekom vremena. Izložena je problematika rada s artikulatorom SAM -2P i mogućnost njegove uporabe u fiksnoj protetici. Postupci prijenosa obraznim lukom za brzu montažu i orijentiranja odljeva gornje i donje čeljusti u artikulatorskom prostoru također su sažeto opisani. Zaključno se može navesti: Ispravljati okluzijske pogrješke ubrušavanjem u ustima dugotrajan je i mukotrpan posao, pa izrada nadomjestaka u šarnirskim artikulatorima koji svojim konstrukcijskim pogrješkama mogu prouzročiti veća odstupanja od željenog okluzijskog reljefa gubi smisao, pogotovo u većih fiksnoprotetskih radova. Uporaba SAM - 2P artikulatora i obraznoga luka za brzu montažu potpuno zadovoljava u svakodnevnom radu, čak i bez izmjenjivih elemenata ili individualnih modifikacija instrumenata. Okluzijska odstupanja i pogrješke u smještaju grebena, kvržica i fisura moguće je ispraviti pažljivim ubrušavanjem u ustima, što neće zahtijevati previše vremena. Sve zahtjevne rehabilitaciijske postupke također je moguće izraditi u toj vrsti instrumenata, ali uz maksimalno individualiziranje i pažljiv pristup svakom slučaju.The paper describes the group o f SAM articulators, types and their changes during time. It also exposes the main problems in working with the SAM-2P articulator and explores the possibility o f its application in fixed prosthodontics. The procedure o f the Quick-Mount Face-Bow transfer, and orientation o f the upper and lower casts in the articulators have also been briefly described. The conclusion may read as fo llows: The correection of occlusal errors on crowns and bridges, by grinding and adjusting in dental surgeries, is a longlasting procedure. Prosthodontic appliances made in the hinge axis instruments or occludators, which by their incorporated construction errors may cause larger deviations from the desired occluding surfaces, become pointless, particularly in most fixed bridge constructions. Use of the SAM-2P articulators and Quick-Mount Face-Bow transfer completely meets daily practice requirements, even without the application o f replaceable elements or individual instrument modifications. Occlusal discrepancies and errors in the position o f ridge, tips of cusps and fissures can easily be corrected by careful grindings in dental surgeries, which would not be too time consuming. It is also possible to make all complicated rehabilitation procedures in this instrument, but with maximum individualization and with a special approach to every single case