Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare the amount of the vertical pin opening of $33^{\circ}$ resin and $0^{\circ}$ resin teeth during processing and to determine whether the changes in tooth contacts by using articulation ribbon and T-Scan system follow any identifiable pattern, and to determine if there is any correlation between the changes in tooth contacts and the amount of the vertical pin opening after processing. Through statistical analyses on the data from this study, the following conclusions were obtained. 1. The amounts of the vertical pin opening were 0.78m, 0.87mm for $0^{\circ}$ teeth and $33^{\circ}$ teeth, respectively. But there was no significant difference between them. 2. The total number of contact points recorded by articulating ribbon after processing was decreased to 442.5% of that before processing. 3. The mean values for the number of contact points per tooth recorded by articulating ribbon after processing were 4.3 for the second molar, 3.8 for the first molar, 1.3 for the second premolar, 0.8 for the first premolar. The reduction of contact points per tooth became greater moving in an anterior direction. 4. The correlation between the reduction of contact points and the amount of the pin opening after processing was not significant. 5. The mean values for the numbers of contact points per tooth recorded by T-Scan system after processing were 2.2, 2.5, 1.0, and 0.5 at the second molar, the first molar, the second premolar, and the first premolar, respectively. 6. The correlation between the number of contact points by using articulating ribbon and TScan system after processing was not significant.
(Department of Prosthodontics, College of Dentistry, Seoul National University)