With the improvement of people's economic life, cultural consumption level and their understanding of oral health, the development of stomatological hospital and stomatology department has been significantly improved in recent years. The investment in equipment and manpower has increased. Coupled with some misconceptions about oral care and treatment in the past, the number of patients with oral problems has increased in recent years (according to statistics, the average dental caries rate of teenagers is more than 80% and the average periodontal disease rate of adults is more than 90%), and the demand for oral medical technology services is also increasing rapidly. The application of 3D printing in oral cavity is also constantly breaking through. The deepening of these applications can realize personalized customization and optimize the medical process, which can reduce the pain of patients.
Let's talk about the application of 3D printing in oral medicine.

1.Surgical guide

The digital 3D printing guide template for oral implant surgery, also known as 3D printing implant surgical guide plate, referred to as "guide plate", is a personalized surgical auxiliary tool for accurately transferring the preoperative virtual designed implant scheme to the patient's mouth.

It can help clinicians accurately control the position, direction, angle and even depth of implant implantation during operation, assist doctors in implant implantation, unify the final implant repair with the ideal design scheme before operation, effectively reduce the operation risk and shorten the treatment time.

2.Crown and support turnover casting

Crown and stent casting are also widely used in dentistry, but the traditional process often needs to go through the process of taking mold, turning mold and making a denture or crown, which takes a long time and has high requirements for the maker. It may also need to be adjusted through the patient's trial wear, and the treatment process is relatively long.

Now through digital scanning, combined with 3D printing technology, flip casting and even direct metal printing, it can effectively reduce errors, shorten production time and avoid manual errors.

3.Application of oral Aesthetics

With the improvement of oral treatment technology and the public's attention to oral cavity, oral beauty treatment is paid more and more attention in oral medicine. Therefore, the application of 3D printing in the field of orthodontics has attracted more and more attention.

For example, 3D printing can be seen in treatment methods such as tooth veneer and invisible braces. Through full digital medical treatment, intraoral scanning and facial scanning data are used to replace the steps of model collection and photo collection, so as to more accurately formulate a more comprehensive and refined treatment scheme according to the patient's situation, and directly print the model through 3D printer to avoid errors in the process of traditional methods.

Pionext has been committed to the application and deepening of 3D printing in the oral field. Therefore, it has launched a full set of digital solutions in the dental field: dental 3D printer + a variety of resins + professional slicing software, with fine forming surface, which can be effectively applied to implant dental molds, guide plates, crown and Bridge turnover molds, etc., which can effectively shorten the production time and complete personalized customization.

It is hoped that 3D printing materials will be more abundant for dental applications in the future, and the equipment can better meet the needs of clinical and technicians, so that digital medicine can promote the development of dental treatment.