Dental Surveyor and Surveying in Prosthodontics

Dental surveyor is a diagnostic tool which should be used by every practicing prosthodontist in order to establish a treatment plan that will be biomechanically sound while fulfilling functional and esthetic requirements. It helps prosthodontist in establishing the path of placement, removal and designing of the denture framework in such a way that it will allow the fabrication of bioesthetic and biofunctional prosthesis. So dental cast surveyor is an instrument every student and clinician should possess. Use of this instrument will not only make the job of technician simple, but also precise. Hours of time spent in the laboratory in guessing the interferences to the path of placement is also saved and the chair side time required to adjust those is also saved. This book emphasizes the use of dental surveyor in designing a bioesthetic and biofunctional prosthesis .