Due to the rise of digital medical care, combining smart medical devices with medical and information technologies for developing innovative applications to improve medical efficiency has become the future trend. The Real-Time Digital Dental Restoration Solution developed by the MIRDC comprehensively integrates the intraoral scanning, laser milling, lithium disilicate glass-ceramic, and VR glasses to support intraoral scanning. The dentist scans the patient's mouth, directly models it with the computing software, and then uses the laser milling system to make the glass-ceramic dentures of the digital impression. It takes more than seven days to complete this process in the traditional way, yet only 4 to 5 hours with MIRDC's solution, greatly improving the efficiency of dental restoration.
In the traditional dental prosthesis (commonly known as dentures) process, contraction and variants are related to the dentist's molding experiences; thus, the quality of the molds and the preparation of the teeth varies from person to person and mistakes are not easily discovered. Also, because a large number of plaster molds need to be stored in the clinic, the impressions must be transported to the dental technicians. The whole process takes 7 work days, which is laborious and time consuming. In the past, domestic digital dental solutions are not self-reliant and have long been monopolized by foreign systems and agents. Therefore, the MIRDC assembled industry, academia, and research talents in the medical field to develop the Real-Time Digital Dental Restoration Solution. Dentists no longer need to make dentures with the traditional dewaxing and casting method; rather, they can use the 3D intraoral scanning system to obtain 3D information of the patient's oral cavity, and carry out digital dental CAD design and computer-aided manufacturing to complete the design and creation of the patient's dentures.
Dr. Chiu-Feng Lin, President of MIRDC, stated that the establishment of the new generation of rapid image capture and scanning and in-clinic laser for real-time dental restoration, using digital methods to improve the traditional dewaxing and casting process, is the perfect solution that shortens the prosthesis treatment from seven work days to less than one day. At the same time, it thoroughly solves the problems of poor grinding precision, oil stains, cutting fluid, dust, and tool wear, and integrates the development of self-reliant high-strength lithium disilicate ceramic materials, so that the relevant performance specifications are in line with or even leads the performance of international manufacturers. At the same time, the cooperation with local medical centers and regional dental clinics to complete the processing and dental restoration within one day at the clinic realizes a one-stop digital dental service. The promotion of real-time restoration and laser-milling technology not only realizes green and environmental manufacturing, but also optimizes the industrial structure of Taiwan's dentistry and high-end medical devices, and strengthens the competitiveness of the industry and international recognition.