A method to record optimum anterior guidance for restorative dental treatment

An accurate anterior guidance is critical for optimal esthetics, phonetics, comfort, function, stress minimization, and longevity of teeth and restorations. This article describes a method for recording and transferring the anterior guidance information developed on provisional restorations. Felt tip pens were used to mark the static centric relation contacts and the functional disocclusive pathways established on the provisional restorations. A stone core was made intraorally over the lingual surfaces of the provisional restorations and the adjacent teeth. The water-soluble felt tip pen markings were transferred to the stone core and remarked with permanent felt tip inking. This becomes the anterior functional core, which is a precise blueprint for transferring all anterior guidance information.