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The increasing complexity of many restorative procedures often involves articulation of study and working casts to ensure accurate fabrication of restorations. Correct selection and use of articulators can be crucial to successful restoration. The aim of this paper is to determine which articulators are recommended for various restorative procedures in UK dental schools, for use by undergraduate students. A questionnaire-based study of all UK dental schools was carried out, with a 100% response rate. Recommended articulator application for specified procedures was established from the literature and questionnaire results were compared with this. The results indicated that dental schools in the UK generally teach appropriate articulator use for most procedures. However, there are some limited areas of what may be argued to be inappropriate recommendation in some establishments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports that the dental laboratory group, Benchmark has established and standardized articulators throughout all their laboratories. Use of systems in postgraduate teaching centers throughout Great Britain for occlusion; Features of the systems.

Incorrect occlusion is a major cause of complete denture failure. Any technique which has the potential to solve this problem and consequently limit the number of review appointments must be worthy of consideration. The pre-occlusal or precentric check record is an accurate method of verifying the occlusion of complete dentures. Although the check record is taught in many teaching hospitals, it is not widely used in general practice. This is primarily due to the time-consuming nature of the conventional method. A variation on the standard technique is described, which is designed specifically for NHS complete denture practice. The materials used are inexpensive and the procedure takes approximately 10 minutes.