Facebows in Prosthodontics

To fabricate any restoration on an articulator mandibular movements have to be simulated on it. To simulate the mandibular movements on an articulator various jaw relations have to be recorded and transferred to it. The face bow transfer forms an indispensable part of jaw relation recording procedures. Face bow transfer helps transferring the spatial relationships of jaw relation to various reference points. The restoration fabricated with face bow transfer require less chair side correction and also patients are more comfortable as the occlusion relation of the restorations are in harmony with the stomatognathic system of the patient.