RESEARCH ARTICLE
Recording the Tilt of a Cast on a Surveyor
Omid Savabi1, Farinaz Shirban2, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2015Volume: 9
First Page: 174
Last Page: 175
Publisher ID: TODENTJ-9-174
DOI: 10.2174/1874210601509010174
Article History:
Received Date: 27/12/2014Revision Received Date: 16/3/2015
Acceptance Date: 31/3/2015
Electronic publication date: 15 /5/2015
Collection year: 2015

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Abstract
Some patients are not satisfied with removable partial dentures (RPDs), when it is not stable during mastication.A dental surveyor can be used to prevent problems related to production of RPDs. Determining the best path of insertion and removal is an initial and fundamental step in RDPs planning. The path of insertion record enables the technician to reproducing the cast in the same position on a surveyor that the dentist selected. This article describes new method for this purpose that could be useful for recording and reproducing the tilt of casts.