PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing device for fixing an artificial tooth while preventing break of the artificial tooth, and to provide an articulator including the fixing device and capable of accurately, efficiently, and objectively adjusting the occlusion.SOLUTION: The fixing device 2 for fixing a denture to the articulator includes: a body 21 having a recessed part 211 in which a base of the denture is placed and balloons 221 and 222 that are provided in the recessed part 211, inflated by a supply of an operating fluid and deflated by discharge of the operating fluid. The fixing device is configured to feed operating fluid to the inside of the balloons 221 and 222 with the base of the denture placed in the recessed part 211, inflate the balloons 221 and 222, and fix the denture therewith.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】義歯の破損を防止しつつ当該義歯を固定することのできる固定具、および、この固定具を有し、正確かつ効率的さらには客観的に噛み合せの調節を行うことのできる咬合器の提供。【解決手段】固定具2は、咬合器に有床義歯を固定するための固定具であって、有床義歯の床を配置する凹部211を有する本体21と、凹部211内に設けられ、作動流体の供給によって膨張し、作動流体の排出によって収縮するバルーン221,222とを有し、凹部211内に有床義歯の床を配置した状態にて、バルーン221,222内に作動流体を供給し、バルーン221,222を膨張させることによって、有床義歯を固定するよう構成されている。【選択図】図3
