Orthodontic study models are dental casts taken at the beginning, during, and end of treatment to record all teeth and enable examination of the occlusion from different angles. Study models have several uses including treatment planning, monitoring growth and treatment progress, patient education, diagnostic setups, and as a legal record. Digital study models may become more common as they eliminate storage issues and allow for computerized analysis, though mounting models on an articulator is only necessary for orthognathic surgery cases.
Orthodontic study models are dental casts taken at the beginning, during, and end of treatment to record all teeth and enable examination of the occlusion from different angles. Study models have several uses including treatment planning, monitoring growth and treatment progress, patient education, diagnostic setups, and as a legal record. Digital study models may become more common as they eliminate storage issues and allow for computerized analysis, though mounting models on an articulator is only necessary for orthognathic surgery cases.
Orthodontic study models are dental casts taken at the beginning, during, and end of treatment to record all teeth and enable examination of the occlusion from different angles. Study models have several uses including treatment planning, monitoring growth and treatment progress, patient education, diagnostic setups, and as a legal record. Digital study models may become more common as they eliminate storage issues and allow for computerized analysis, though mounting models on an articulator is only necessary for orthognathic surgery cases.
beginning, sometimes during, and at the end of treatment. They should be fully extended into the buccal sulcus and record all the teeth present. Angle’s trimming is undertaken to enable the occlusion to be examined at varying angles with the models placed on a flat surface. Study models have a number of uses including: • treatment planning (e.g. space analysis); • monitoring growth; • monitoring treatment progress; • patient education; • diagnostic (Kesling’s) set-ups; • acting as a legal record; • audit, research and teaching.
Digital study models eliminate the problems of
storage and allow computerised analysis and may become widely used in the future. There is no need to mount study models onto an adjustable articulator for routine orthodontic care. They are only mounted, using a facebow transfer, for orthognathic cases involving maxillary surgery