FIELD:
dentistry.SUBSTANCE: intended for practicing manual endodontic treatment skills in students to improve the effectiveness of treating diseases of the periapical tissues of teeth. A phantom
simulation model of a tooth with external root
resorption is used, which includes a 3D-printed model of a tooth with a
root canal having a hemispherical expansion at the
root apex. In this case, the phantom
simulation model of the tooth is made of transparent or radiopaque
photopolymer resin, has a length of 30 mm with a red-
colored canal system of 15 mm in length. In this case, the transparent model of the affected tooth is intended for the initial level of manual skill, and the opaque radiopaque model of the affected tooth is intended for the process of training in endodontic
root canal treatment, where
quality control of treatment and filling of root canals is possible only by radiographic method. In this case, the
root apex has a size of No. 80 according to ISO, and the hemispherical expansion at the
root apex of the tooth model, simulating a chronic
lesion of the periapical tissues of the tooth, has a
diameter of 8 mm. In this case, using Blue
Sky Bio
software, a three-dimensional image of the affected tooth is extracted from the patient's cone-beam
computed tomography (CBCT) scan in
DICOM format, then, using
artificial intelligence algorithms in Blender
software, the model is corrected, virtually modeling a tooth with a root
cyst and external
resorption. After this, the model is imported into STL format, 1.9 ml of resin is collected for subsequent
slicing and 3D printing, and the walls of the
root canal system of the resulting model are painted red with Funtodo
photopolymer resin.EFFECT: inventions, by simulating endodontic treatment training conditions that are as close as possible to real conditions, namely, an apical
plug in the area of the wide apex of a
tooth root during inflammatory external
resorption or after apical resection, allow for the practice of existing variations of endodontic treatment, and also minimize the time costs for model production.3 cl, 14 dwg, 1 ex