The practical usefulness of “Fakhouri’s Angulator” in the management of totally edentulous patients

Sagittal and frontal curves are the result of the spherical structure of dental arch. Their curvature constitute the basis of occlusal concepts, for dentulous as well as edentulous patients. However, and in what concers dental relationships, it is necessary to quantify morphological differences caused by facial ageing in the adult who remained completely dentulous and functionally balanced. The aim of this clinical report is to help practitioners orient the occlusal plane in the edentulous, in a more rational way, taking into account the evolution of this plan with age. Hence, a prosthodontic device was conceived for that purpose, allowing occlusal plane, priorly adjusted in parallel to Camper’s plane, to be posteriorly lowered by a 5.4° angle in young patients (under 65 years of age) and by 6.5° in those over 65 years of age.