New column in the journal — Digital Dentistry

Abstract

The modern way of life is rapidly transforming from an analog environment into a digital one. For the most part, these transformations are taking place in the field of healthcare and medicine. Dentistry is the branch of medicine in which digital transformation has provided opportunities for the implementation of tasks that were previously impossible for a practicing physician. Computerization made it easier for the dentist to diagnose, plan and treat and allowed him to transfer preventive measures to a new high level, thanks to "smart" gadgets. Dental and orthopedic treatment has reached a new engineering level, incomprehensible for the 20th century, in designing devices and prostheses, as well as facial epitheses, analyzing the durability of such structures. The machine production of dental products in the rapidly approaching future will undoubtedly make the use of expensive therapeutic and prophylactic devices and prostheses, as well as facial epitheses, economically affordable for the majority of the disabled population of the Russian Federation. The flow of new but, unfortunately, not always reliable scientific and educational information sometimes misleads researchers and dentists. The creation of the heading "Digital Dentistry" is aimed at sharing the experience of novice researchers and practicing dentists, as well as recognized specialists, reference in the field of digital dentistry. We hope that the information collected will be useful for the Unified Medical Information and Analytical System being formed, constantly updated with new arrays of information available to a wide range of users. This approach will bring dental care to a new, more effective level.

Ranking Technologies of Additive Manufacturing of Removable Complete Dentures by the Results of Their Mechanical Testing

“…A more detailed description of the production routes for manufacturing the RCDs according to the analog protocol is given in [13]. All types of the studied RCDs were made using an identical digital template (STL model) in order to minimize the influence of possible deviations in dimensions and design on the test results.…”

Assessment of orthopedic treatment quality in patients with complete absence of teeth

“…Стоматологическое ортопедическое ле чение пациентов с полным отсутствием зубов представляет интерес для практикующих специалистов в связи с высокой распростра ненностью заболеваний, развивающихся на его фоне функциональных и морфологиче ских нарушений, формирующимися вследст вие утраты зубов, что затрагивает все звенья зубочелюстного аппарата [1][2][3]. Применение полных съемных пластиночных протезов остается самым распространенным методом восстановления жевательной функции у дан ной категории пациентов [4][5][6][7][8]. На сегодняш ний день в связи с экономической доступно стью традиционно используемым материа лом в ортопедической стоматологии является акриловая пластмасса на основе полиметил метакрилата.…”