Mouth Scanning: Digital "Black Technology" Can Make Dental Implants Easy And Time-Saving?

In this era of full-scale digitalization, various "black technologies" that benefit mankind are emerging one after another. In the field of stomatology, which is the first threshold to protect human health, in order to alleviate the discomfort of patients during diagnosis and treatment, and shorten the duration of diagnosis and treatment to improve efficiency, advanced and convenient black technology has also been developed. And it is these black technologies that allow patients to diagnose and treat dental problems easily and conveniently to the greatest extent – oral scanning technology is one of them.

01. What is oral scan?

Specifically, a mouth scan is a small, accessible oral scanner. The oral scan can reflect the specific gum condition, and combined with the CBCT effect, the patient's data can be superimposed on the computer. Although this instrument is small, it has powerful functions and is widely used in dental implants. Not only that, any diagnosis and treatment that needs to collect internal information of the oral cavity will be more efficient with this instrument. Because the main function of this instrument is to shorten the time for dental diagnosis and treatment, collect all-round internal oral data intuitively and quickly, and realize the digital dental treatment experience.

02. The role of oral brushing in the process of dental implants

In the process of dental implants, a crucial link is involved-taking impressions. The traditional model taking process takes a long time and is relatively complicated, and patients may experience varying degrees of discomfort. The role of oral scanning is to replace the traditional operation process of making impressions and remaking plaster models in clinical practice, saving a lot of cumbersome traditional steps, directly scanning the patient's mouth to obtain high-precision three-dimensional information, and reducing the patient's discomfort . The collected 3D information can be sent directly to the information center for further scheme design.

03. Why is the oral scan called the "black technology" in the dental medical field?

The above mentioned the practical application of oral scanning in the process of dental implants, then let's see why this technology is out of the circle. There are many different brands of oral scanning instruments. Take the "3Shape digital oral scan" currently used by Heidelberg United Dental Hospital as an example. This is the world's most advanced intraoral digital impression system and the most popular Danish device in the mainstream market. It uses ultra-fast optical cutting technology and confocal microscopy technology to capture more than 3,000 two-dimensional images per second. By combining 3D digital images, a 3D impression is created in real time. It can not only satisfy immediate repair, but also carry out remote processing. The specific advantages can be summarized in the following four points:

1) Accurate data, high-definition picture

Oral scanning accuracy of 8-12 microns. The error of normal intraoral impression taking is as high as 15 to 20 microns, so the accuracy of oral scan is very high, and the width, height and density of the alveolar bone can be measured. Moreover, after the oral scan is completed, all the data can be seen on the computer immediately, such as tooth position information, gingival edge condition, intraoral condition, prepared dental amulets that do not meet the standard, and even dental calculus condition. At the same time, the occlusal situation can be seen more intuitively. For example, you can see the occlusal space, whether the prepared tooth space is enough, and the different occlusal distances represent different occlusal distances according to the color depth.

2) High-frequency scanning method, intuitive report, improve efficiency and save time

Oral scanning is to obtain the intraoral model through the high-frequency photographing mode, and a model is composed of thousands of photos. Different from the traditional model taking, the oral scan usually takes 3 to 5 minutes to get the image report, and then simulates a complete virtual intraoral image. After the CBCT is taken and the oral scan data is transferred back, it only takes 10 minutes for direct computer matching. In this way, the doctor can directly see the specific data of the patient, communicate and adjust immediately, and avoid the situation of repeated visits by the patient, saving time to the greatest extent.

3) Patients can cooperate with each other and have high comfort

In the process of traditional model taking, there are many practical problems, such as: the patient has few teeth and cannot bite the model; the patient's teeth are loose, and the tray is filled with glue in the mouth to take it, which may bring the teeth down; the mouth is small Some patients were unable to place impression trays in their mouths; some patients had nausea from bite impressions. Using oral scan, the above situations can be avoided, which greatly improves the cooperation of patients and reduces the pain of examination.

4) Safety and hygiene

Every time a patient is scanned, it is disinfected one by one. There are many scanning heads, and each patient will have one, including a disinfection plate that is disassembled in front of the patient. There are disinfection records to facilitate supervision.

The above is the specific description and advanced features of "Mouth Scan". Here is a warm reminder that although the efficiency and comfort of oral scans are high and are being widely popularized, they are still not equipped with medical facilities in every dental hospital. Therefore, patients who want to receive dental implants or other treatments through oral scanning need to know the hospitals with oral scanning facilities in advance, so as to avoid unnecessary time and get effective treatment as soon as possible.