Camper plane

Illustration of the Camper's plane based on an engraving from Peter Camper's work On the Natural Difference of Facial Features in People of Different Areas and Different Ages from 1792. The Camper's plane is highlighted in orange.

The Camper plane is a reference plane defined on the skull . It runs from the anterior nasal spine to the upper edge of the external bony auditory canal (Porus acousticus externus). The plane was named after the Dutch physician Peter Camper (1722–1789), who used the plane together with a facial line to form a face angle to craniometrically describe the shape and variations of the facial skull.

“I applied great accuracy and kindness to all of these drawings. I drew a horizontal line along the lower part of the nose and the ear canal. "

- Peter Camper

The Camper's plane forms an angle of about 10 ° to 15 ° with the Frankfurt horizontal and for a long time was considered to be parallel to the occlusal plane . In dentistry, mean value articulators are constructed in such a way that Camper's plane and chewing plane are aligned parallel to the tabletop. Recent studies show that the Camper's plane forms a small, dorsally open angle of approx. 8 ° with the occlusal plane (−7.84 ° with a spread of 5.57 °).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Klaus M. Lehmann, Elmar Hellwig: Zahnärztliche Propädeutik . 10. revised Edition. Urban & Fischer at Elsevier, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-437-05391-4 , p. 48 f .
2. ↑ Peter Camper: About the natural difference in facial features in people of different areas and ages: about the beauty of ancient statues and cut stones; as well as depicting a new way of drawing all kinds of human heads. Adrian Gilles Camper [ed.]. Samuel Thomas Sömmering [translator]. Voss, Berlin 1792
3. ↑ Slavicek: The functional determinants of the masticatory system . Verlag dental and medical literature, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-87394-025-6 , p. 75 f .