What Is Dental Articulating Paper

What is articulating paper used for in dentistry?

Articulating paper is commonly used by the dental community to identify contact points between the maxillary and mandibular teeth during all forms of natural tooth occlusal adjustments and dental prosthesis insertions.

What is the difference between red and blue articulating paper?

Blue appears to be the most common colour used. Red is useful on highly polished sur- faces gold or composite resin. Papers are available with different coloured surfaces so that one arch is marked in red and the opposing arch is marked in blue.

What are the advantages of articulating paper?

Articulating paper comes in blue and red for marking the occlusal condition of natural teeth, artificial teeth and other restoratives. Advantages: Thin and strong.

What are the two colors of articulating paper?

Each leave of articulating paper has 2 different colors (red and blue), one for each side.

Blue appears to be the most common colour used. Red is useful on highly polished sur- faces gold or composite resin.

What thickness of articulating paper is used in dentistry?

thick:100um

thin: 50um&30um

What is the shape of  articulating paper

1.Horse shoe shape

   Horse-shoe type articulating paper from Becht is especially useful for patients who tend to bite  unilaterally during the occlusion test. It is thin and tear resistant. The color of the paper gets deeper to indicate the depth of the biting mark.

2.straight