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Working cast verification.

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The procedure described can allow correlation of clinical recordings of the patient's centric position with articulated working casts, thereby potentially eliminating most of th occlusal adjustments required when the restoration is seated in the mouth.

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W T Buchanan. 1992. Working cast verification.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-3913(92)90260-h

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