Application of 3D technologies in orthopedic dentistry

The publication discusses modern progressive methods of obtaining dentures using 3D technologies. Technical and methodological information necessary and systematically set out for the development and subsequent use of three-dimensional printing of dentures in the practice of dental clinics and dental scientific and practical centers. The process of dentization using 3D technologies is reduced to the contactless creation of a voluminous copy of the patient’s oral cavity (scanning), computer modeling of the future denture and subsequent 3D printing of the prosthesis itself. The prosthetics process occupies a matter of hours. The monograph examines in detail the classification of 3D printing methods, their advantages and disadvantages, and features of practical application. An analysis of the properties and characteristics of the main and auxiliary consumables for three -dimensional printing is given. The classification and detailed characteristics of the technical means used to obtain a three -dimensional image of the patient"s oral cavity (tomographs, scanners, etc) Technologies for the formation of 3D objects using milling and starting technologies, gas, plasma, hydro-carbonated, laser cutting of the source material are described. Systematized information on display and printers for 3D printing. The issues of the 3D printing process, the packages of applied programs are discussed in detail. The processes of automated organization of work for the manufacture of dentures, as well as practical techniques for using 3D printing in orthopedic dentistry, are set out in examples.
The monograph is intended for experts in the field of orthopedic dentistry interested in 3D prosthetics