Cusp-Fossa Waxing Technique for Gnathological Occlusion

—Modified Practical Technique—

Abstract

As every gnathologist knows Organic occlusion is the most kindest kind of occlusion for natural dentition. When we reconstruct the mouth we have to copy this kind of occlusion artificially.
We call the occlusion which is highly precisely copied artificial organic occlusion as Gnathological occlusion.
The cusp-fossa waxing technique has been advocated to fabricate Gnathological occlusion and was introduced by Dr. Peter K. Thomas. The purpose of this article is to explain the modified practical technique for cusp-fossa waxing. This modified technique features fish-mouth morphology emphasizing marginal ridges and buccal and lingual cusp ridges. To realize existence of those ridges, it is now feasible to fabricate natural looking tooth shape, thus avoiding unduly flat occlusal surfaces.
This technique provides several advantages including high quality and time saving waxing technique and result in better prosthesis. Among the above, it is significant to obey regular steps which compose every factor of Gnathological occlusion.