Al Mortadi Noor, Eggbeer Dominic, Lewis Jeffrey, Williams Robert J
Cardiff School of Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK.
Proc Inst Mech Eng H. 2013 Apr;227(4):350-5. doi: 10.1177/0954411912474741. Epub 2013 Jan 25.
The aim of this study was to analyze the latest innovations in additive manufacture techniques and uniquely apply them to dentistry, to build a sleep apnea device requiring rotating hinges. Laser scanning was used to capture the three-dimensional topography of an upper and lower dental cast. The data sets were imported into an appropriate computer-aided design software environment, which was used to design a sleep apnea device. This design was then exported as a stereolithography file and transferred for three-dimensional printing by an additive manufacture machine. The results not only revealed that the novel computer-based technique presented provides new design opportunities but also highlighted limitations that must be addressed before the techniques can become clinically viable.
本研究的目的是分析增材制造技术的最新创新，并将其独特地应用于牙科领域，以制造一种需要旋转铰链的睡眠呼吸暂停设备。使用激光扫描获取上下牙模的三维地形。将数据集导入适当的计算机辅助设计软件环境，用于设计睡眠呼吸暂停设备。然后将该设计导出为立体光刻文件，并通过增材制造机器进行三维打印。结果不仅表明所提出的基于计算机的新技术提供了新的设计机会，还突出了在这些技术能够在临床上可行之前必须解决的局限性。
