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A Smart Digital Workflow Towards High Precision and Through-Put Production for Removable Partial Dentures
Sponsor: National Dental Centre, Singapore
Summary
Tooth loss is a major chronic problem in dentistry and edentulous elderly endures poorer quality of life worldwide. Removable partial dentures (RPDs) are the most widely accepted and cost-effective treatment for patients to restore oral functions. RPDs contain three components including the metal framework, denture base and acrylic teeth. Conventionally, RPD fabrication involves tedious clinical and dental laboratory procedures and is time consuming, labour-intensive, and often imprecise, therefore incapable of meeting the growing demands of RPD by an ageing population. The challenges to achieve a high quality and high-throughput RPD service lie in three aspects: 1) accuracy in capturing oral profile; 2) immediate oral information analysis and device design, and 3) automation in production.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
21 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
141
Start Date
2022-12-29
Completion Date
2025-12-31
Last Updated
2024-08-09
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Group 3 - 3D Printed Removable Partial Denture
Teeth Profile Capture Method: Intraoral scan RPD Design Method: Based on intraoral scan, using design software RPD Fabrication Method: Additive manufacturing
Group 2 - 3D Printed Removable Partial Denture
Teeth Profile Capture Method: Physical impression RPD Design Method: Based on stone model, using design software RPD Fabrication Method: Additive manufacturing
Locations (1)
National Dental Centre Singapore
Singapore, Singapore