GEDAS II - New Possibilities in Digital Contact Point Analysis

The following article describes a method for the clinical depiction and documentation of the strength, extent, and location of occlusal contact areas on the basis of digitized bite records. Bite records made of low-viscosity, additioncured silicone in centric occlusion are digitized in a document scanner using incident and transmitted light scanning. Layer thicknesses = 20 µm were interpreted as occlusal contacts and classified as belonging to the anatomical structures of the occlusal surfaces. This procedure is of particular significance for epidemiological studies, but also of interest for dental practices and laboratories, since it can be used as a simple method of continuous quality control, documentation, and archiving of the patient's current occlusal contact situation. Parole chiave: occlusion, centric occlusion, digital occlusion, virtual articulator, contact point analysis