Prosthodontic

Fox's bite plane

• Used with edentulous patients

• Used during the jaw relationship stage of denture construction

• Used to check that the incisal line is in a horizontal plane and that the sides are parallel with a line joining the ala of the nose and the tragus of the ear (the ala-tragal line)

• Always used when the patient is sitting upright

Willis bite gauge

• Used to measure vertical dimension

• Used during patient assessment and the jaw relationship stage in denture construction

Le Cron carver

• Used for fine trimming of wax at various stages of denture construction