SIMPLIFYING ORTHODONTICS with RAPID PROTOTYPING

PROCESS OF RAPIFD PROTOTYPING:

INTRODUCTION:
Anatomical data acquisition
Also called “Layered manufacturing” or “solid free form fabrication”, Rapid
Evaluation of the design
prototyping is an additive technology that can produce arbitrarily complex shapes
Surgical planning and superimposition
with cavities; which is usually the case in human anatomy structures.
Process of fabrication
Validation of the model
VARIOUS TECHNIQUES OF RAPID PROTOTYPING :

STERIOLITHOGRAPHY
SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
ADVANTAGES :
1. Simplicity
2. Flexibility
3. Reliability
4. accuracy,
5. better visualization and
6. time saving, but still the clinical judgment
INK JET BASED
remains vital.
APPLICATION IN ORTHODONTICS:
• Diagnosis and treatment planning
• Fabrication of impression trays for indirect bonding
• Invisalign or clear braces
• Orthognathic Surgery
• Fabrication of Surgical stent for Implant Placement
• Lingual Orthodontics
FUSED DEPOSITION MODELLING
• Distraction Osteogenesis
DIAGNOSIS : SURGICAL PLANNING-DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS :
A 21-year-old male with a repaired bilateral cleft lip, alveolus and palate and without
A 20 year old male reported to the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial
and additional clinical signs suggestive of other syndromic disease, was referred to
Orthopedics, with a chief complain of multiple missing teeth and alignment of present
the department for correction of the skeletal discrepancy of the face.
teeth.He was diagnosed with Cleidocranial dysplasia and showed clinical signs of the
syndrome.

Pretreatment lateral view showing Pretreatment frontal view.

13mm of negative overjet.

On evaluating his radiographs, A rapid prototype of the maxillofacial region was made to carry out a trial
multiple impacted supernumerary distraction osteogenesis prior to its surgical insertion.
teeth were seen. The distractors were molded on the rapid prototype that helped simplify its
Identification of the impacted teeth placement during the surgical procedure.
was not possible using 2 dimensional A mock distraction was then carried out on the prototype, which helped
radiographic images. determine and adjust a more precise path of distraction later in the patient.
CT Scan was thus obtained and a Prototype was developed to analyze the
position, direction and level of difficulty of disimpaction of each tooth.
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AUTOTRASPLANTATION OF MISSING FABRICATION OF CLEAR ALIGNERS:
INCISOR
A 24-year-old male presented with a horizontally
IMPACTED CANINE CASES
and palatally impacted upper left central incisor,
-DHAVAL
over retained deciduous central incisors, and a
mesiodens.

FABRICATION OF SURGICAL SPLINTS:

Thus in case of severely impacted teeth, it avoids the

need for complex traction mechanics and the risks of
side effects o adjacent teeth while reducing overall
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treatment time.