Dental Implant Reference Section for Digital Coordinate Transformation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for producing tooth implant structures face a break in the digital process chain, leading to inefficiencies and errors in transforming planning data into production-ready coordinates, resulting in high costs and suboptimal fit of positioning templates.
Innovation Solution
A device and method that utilize a reference section with a clearly defined plate coordinate system integrated into a template section, allowing for the automatic transformation of therapy-relevant planning coordinates into a production coordinate system using reference elements, enabling precise and reproducible alignment and stabilization of the template section.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If manual analog methods are used to produce positioning templates, then flexibility in template design is maintained, but manufacturing precision and digital data flow continuity deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The device is segmented into distinct functional modules: a reference section with a defined coordinate system, a template section for positioning, and holding means for secure attachment. This segmentation allows each module to be optimized independently while maintaining overall digital process continuity, resolving the contradiction between precision and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The reference section acts as an intermediary element that bridges the digital planning data and the physical positioning template. By providing a clearly defined plate coordinate system that can be automatically transformed into machine coordinates, it enables seamless digital data flow while maintaining manufacturing precision, eliminating the need for manual coordinate transformations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple software solutions are used for computer-aided working methods, then functionality is enhanced, but device complexity and error sources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The reference section with its clearly defined plate coordinate system serves as a universal interface that can be used across different software solutions and manufacturing steps. This universal reference framework allows data to be transformed and exchanged between different systems without manual intervention, maintaining versatility while reducing errors through automated processes.
3Manufacturing precision
If centralized production of positioning templates is used, then quality control is improved, but delivery time and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The reference section is designed with pre-defined coordinate systems and reference elements that are prepared in advance. This preliminary setup allows for automated transformation of planning coordinates into machine coordinates without requiring manual intervention during production, enabling rapid local manufacturing while maintaining centralized quality standards.
4Ease of operation
If manual coordinate transformation is performed, then flexibility in data processing is maintained, but productivity and accuracy deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The reference section is designed to enable automated self-transformation of coordinates. The clearly defined plate coordinate system automatically aligns with the machine coordinate system through the holding means, eliminating the need for manual coordinate transformations. This self-aligning mechanism maintains operational simplicity while dramatically increasing productivity and accuracy.
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AI summary
A device for use in a method for manufacturing a dental implant structure is described, comprising a scanning device (20) designed to scan a patient's jaw and generate corresponding image data, a first processing device (22) configured to generate implant data from the image data based on a defined position, orientation, and space for the implant arrangement, specifying parameters for the implant arrangement, such as, in particular, the dimensions of the space defined for this purpose, a second processing device (26) configured to compare the implant data with stored data of a multitude of different implant designs and, as a result of this comparison, to specify at least one suitable implant design from the multitude of different implant designs, and a transformation device (34) configured toto transform the implant data into machine data for a machining tool (38) to be used in connection with the insertion of the implant into the jaw, based on a reference coordinate system. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing a dental implant structure is described, in particular using the device.