Digital Splint TechnologyDigital Splint Technology Reduces Chairtime Great Lakes Orthodontics Digital Splint Technology The overall result is a more accurately designed and produced splint that requires less time to deliver to the patient. Great Lakes Orthodontics’ CAD/CAM technology provides precise and consistent production of flat plane and ramped occlusal splints, which have been demonstrated to reduce the time required to seat and adjust. Digital articulation, design, and fabrication ensure the smoothest splint surface possible that is accurate to less than 25 μm. The overall result is a more accurately designed and produced splint that requires less time to deliver to the patient. |
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Both mounted and unmounted cases can be processed. For unmounted cases, just standard upper and lower models plus a bite are required. Unmounted cases are articulated using established averages demonstrated to be accurate in more than 10,000 cases. The lower arch is used to locate a hinge axis using established averages for the lower occlusal plane angle, axis-incisal distance, and vertical height. Models are 3D scanned and then articulated in a computer. The CAD/CAM process provides digital control over all design parameters, and digital milling produces divot-free splint surfaces with even point contacts. For all cases, complete condylar geometry is under software control. —Julie Cullen |
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