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Facebow Units

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About facebow units

An earbow is a type of facebow that indexes to the ear openings and registers the relation of the upper arch to them and to a horizontal reference plane. An average axis facebow uses average anatomic landmarks to estimate where the hinge axis lies. A kinematic facebow has adjustable caliper ends that are used to locate the hinge axis itself.

The bow itself, which carries the record from the patient to the articulator.

Sources: The Glossary of Prosthodontic Terms, 9th edition (J Prosthet Dent 2017)