AI Technology Meets Chairside Convenience
Two newly launched digital dentistry tools offer AI technology for easy crown design and a convenient, chairside milling option for faster, more precise in-house restorations
For many dentists, taking the first step into a digital workflow can feel like climbing Mt. Everest. Throw in artificial intelligence,(AI), and it might seem as daunting as climbing that mountain during a swirling blizzard. After all, between running a busy practice and caring for patients, many dentists have little time to explore the possibilities of digital dentistry, nor learn to be CAD/CAM experts. But the advent of AI effectively eliminates all those worries and makes the transition to a digital workflow smooth and complication-free.
From Axsys, Dentbird Crown is an AI- and cloud- based dental CAD designer for automatic crown design that eliminates time-consuming and costly software downloads.
Just Scan & Go!
All that’s needed is a patient’s 3D scan data and the system automatically finds the tooth that needs the crown design, determines a margin line for the prosthesis, considers surrounding teeth, and then creates the crown design—in 3 clicks and about as many seconds.
“With Dentbird Crown, dentists don't need to waste time learning CAD/CAM,” said Steve Braykovich, President and CEO of Axsys Dental.
“After using an intraoral scanner, they add the data into Dentbird Crown, and in a few seconds, it will design the crown.”
After the Design, It's Time to Mill
Aware of the noise and space concerns found in many dental offices, Axsys recently launched the Versamill Chairmaxx, a quiet and compact chairside milling machine that features an open system design. Chairmaxx offers a user-friendly touch screen, complete accuracy—up to less than 20 micrometers—and thin connector lines to reduce the post processing time.
Noise-shielding with a conveniently smaller foot- print than most milling machines, Versamill Chairmaxx is perfect for space-challenged practices and well- suited for milling glass and hybrid ceramics, zirconia, and polymethyl methacrylate. It features a flexible voltage of 100–220 VAC, built-in air compressor, wa- ter tank, dual 100,000-rpm spindles, and uses blocks to produce single crowns and bridges, inlays/onlays, and veneers in just 8 to 15 minutes.
Two Cost-Effective Solutions
“Dentbird Crown is cloud-based and transactional based—there’s no investment in software or high- power computer workstations typical of traditional dental CAD software products,” Braykovich ex- plained. “Versamill Chairmaxx features precision design, thin margins, and a dual-spindled operation for speed, so patients won't wait long for crowns.”
