TELEDENTISTRY METHODS IN ORTHODONTICS AND PROSTHETIC DENTISTRY DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Keywords:
CAD/CAM technology, 3D printing, digital impression, intraoral scanningAbstract
Introduction: Teledentistry is a part of telemedicine. Digital technologies were very useful during the COVID-19 pandemic. CAD/CAM technique and additive manufacturing are main part of them.
Purpose: To demonstrate some of the opportunities of digital technologies in daily dental practice during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Materials and methods: Intraoral scans of different types of patients were performed. Three groups of patients were included in the study: patients for upcoming prosthetic treatment, patients after orthodontic treatment in the phase of retention of the result and patients with parafunctions.
Results: The demonstrated prosthetic restorations were made by CAD/CAM technology and combined 3D printed metal framework with ceramic masses, placed by classical technology. Received retainers were two types – classical Essix, but mold on a printed model, and a printed retainer. Splint was printed with author’s design and according to the main rules for bruxism treatment.
Conclusion: The usage of digital technologies as a Teledentistry method in the COVID-19 pandemic has numbers of advantages: reducing the duration and increasing patient in the first clinical stage due to intraoral scanning; reduces work with materials that have been in access to saliva; reducing the number of intermediate stages - casting of working models; reducing the duration of the last clinical stage due to more precisely obtained constructions.
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