Amann Girrbach Artex CR: Analog Articulation in a Digital Workflow
Amann Girrbach describes Artex CR as an Arcon design with protrusion, retrusion, immediate side shift, and distraction adjustments. The value comes from a controlled transfer and programming process, not from owning the articulator alone.
Standardize the starting position
Reproducible centric lets the technician return to a defined position while mounting, checking, and adjusting a case. That helps separate a real occlusal problem from handling variation.
The records used to mount and program the articulator must be captured, labeled, and transferred consistently. A precise articulator cannot correct an inaccurate jaw relation or a mismatched case record.
Connect analog and virtual
The Artex ecosystem includes virtual articulation and transfer options. Decide whether the case remains physical, moves through a virtual articulator, or uses both for design and verification.
Document the transfer method, articulator settings, scan relationship, software system, and responsibility for programming. Test the complete chain with a known case before relying on it for complex production.
Use patient movement selectively
Not every case needs the same level of functional recording. The indication, restorative extent, symptoms, opposing condition, and treatment plan determine which records matter.
Where movement data is used, verify that the capture method and software can transfer the required values. Avoid creating a sophisticated dataset that the downstream design process does not actually consume.
Build the bench protocol
Define cleaning, calibration or verification where applicable, mounting, centric lock use, programming, documentation, storage, and handoff. Keep accessory and plate systems matched.
Dentcore carries Artex CR and supporting components. The final functional records and clinical decisions remain case-specific.
Define the transfer chain before mounting
List the clinical record, facebow or digital reference, bite record, model or scan, mounting method, articulator settings, virtual-articulator destination, and final verification. The same patient identifier and arch orientation must persist across every physical and digital handoff.
When physical and virtual articulation are both used, record which system is authoritative for each decision. A technician should know whether a setting was measured, transferred, estimated, or left at a standard value.
Use reproducible centric as a quality-control point
Artex CR's centric system allows the articulator to return to a controlled reference position. Use that repeatability to check mounting stability, model seating, split-cast behavior, and whether an apparent occlusal change comes from the case or from handling.
Create a bench check before and after major adjustments. Record protrusion, retrusion, side-shift, inclination, distraction, and other programmed values when they are used. Unrecorded settings cannot be reproduced by another technician.
Validate the digital-to-physical loop
Run a known case from scan and jaw record through virtual articulation, model production, physical mounting, and verification. Compare orientation, contact pattern, movement, and seating. Investigate systematic differences before using the loop for complex restorative work.
The value of Artex CR is not analog nostalgia; it is a controlled physical reference that can complement digital design. Dentcore can supply the articulator and system components, while the practice and laboratory define the records and case-specific functional decisions.