Balkwill angle

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Balkwill angle black; Bonwill triangle red;
Occlusal plane blue

In dentistry, the Balkwill angle is the angle between the occlusal plane and the Bonwill triangle . It is around 20 ° to 25 ° and this average value is used in the design parameters of average value articulators . The angle is named after the English dentist Francis H. Balkwill (1837–1921).

literature

  • Wolfgang Gühring: Anatomy: Special biology of the masticatory system. Basic knowledge for dental technicians, Volume 3 . Neuer Merkur Verlag, 1992, ISBN 3-921280-84-2 , p. 153 ( online ).
  • FH Balkwill, On the best form and arrangement of artificial teeth for mastication. Transaction of Great Britain Odontological Society (1866) Volume 5, p. 133.
  • RC Fereday: Francis Balkwill and the Physiology of Mastication. In: British dental journal. Volume 176, Number 10, May 1994, pp. 386-393, PMID 8011376 .

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