Lecture 3

Question 1

what is the maxillary occlusal plane located with?

Answer 1

fox plane

Question 2

what is the maxillary occlusal plane recorded with?

Answer 2

facebow transfer

Question 3

what is the fox plane?

Answer 3

parallel to camper’s line- occlusal surface of the maxillary denture

Question 4

what is the camper’s line?

Answer 4

line running from the inferior border of the ala of the nose to the superior border of the tragus of the ear
same as ala tragus line

Question 5

what is the tragus?

Answer 5

tongue like projection of the cartilage of the auricle in front of the opening of external auditory meatus and continuous with the cartilage of this canal

Question 6

what is the interpupillar line?

Answer 6

horizontal line connecting the pupils of the eyes

Question 7

what is the frankfurt plane

Answer 7

plane passing through the inferior margin of the left orbit and the upper margin of each ear canal or external auditory meatus at a point called porion- most nearly parallel to the surface of the earth and also close to the position the head is normally carried in the living subject