Skip Navigation and Go To Content

Patients with appointments scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 21, and the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 22, will be rescheduled. Employees, residents, and students should visit inside.uth.edu/dentistry for information regarding campus activities. Visit uthealthhoustonemergency.org for operational updates from the Arctic blast.

Hanau "Occludor" Articulator Produced c.1921

Designed By:
Rudolph L. Hanau

Manufactured By:
Hanau Engineering Company, Buffalo, NY

US Patent:
Not Patented

Description:

When the Hanau Model “C” was purchased, the Occludor was included as a part of the equipment package. Its exact function remains somewhat of a mystery; however, it may have been a centric holding device for sending cases to a participating laboratory to avoid the necessity of buying several Model “C” articulators. Also included in the articulator accessory “package” was a facebow, cast mounting devices and an alternative incisal guide.

 

Dr. Edgar N. Starcke's articles in the Journal of Prosthodontics have more information on the history of articulators.