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Designed
by: George B. Snow
Manufactured by: Snow Dental Company, Buffalo , NY
U.S.
Patent No.: #870,909 / #912,748
Patent
Date: November 12, 1907 / February 16, 1909
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In 1899, George Snow and DeWitt Gritman were issued a landmark patent for the Gritman articulator and Snow facebow. The Gritman articulator was a fixed condylar guide instrument. The Snow facebow was the first device that related the maxilla anatomically to the condylar.
The Snow "New Century" is the next generation Gritman and embodied adjustable condylar guides with fixed "Bennett" (inward) path. It was the 4th articulator to be patent for such a feature.
The Snow "New Century" was a practical articulator and was widely accepted by the profession.
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Lateral view, closed position. |
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Detail of an adjustable condylar control |
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Anterior view, closed position. |
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Close-up of the upper member shows the posterior vertical stop. And slight fixed Bennett angle. |
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Anterior view, open position |
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Side view, open position. |
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Detail of the posterior spring that maintained the instrument in the centric position. |
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