A Review on Robot in Prosthodontics and Orthodontics

Jin-gang Jiang,Tian-hua He,Yong-de Zhang,Chun-ge Wei,Yi Liu

doi:10.1155/2014/198748

Abstract

Application of robot to prosthodontics and orthodontics is a novel application of robot technology in medical field. This kind of robots can realize the manufacturing of complete or partial denture, dental implantology, and the bending of archwire. We have conducted a critical review on the development of application of robot in prosthodontics and orthodontics to identify the limitations of existing studies and clarify some promising research directions in this field. This paper is presented to summarize our findings and understanding. The main problems in its development are analyzed, the development trend is foreseen, and the future research is discussed.

Highlights

Robot can increase the productivity of the workers, taking the place of human to do the repeated, boring, and dangerous work, and accomplish some work where human is not competent [1]
The related researches about the coordinated control of dental arch generator [24], high precision synchronous control of 50DOF multimanipulator tooth-arrangement robot based on software timer [25], and the kinematic analysis and planning [26,27,28,29,30] are studied
State of the art of application and research of robot in prosthodontics and orthodontics is introduced, and the basic requirements and research difficulties of robot in prosthodontics and orthodontics are pointed out; the research of robot in prosthodontics and orthodontics in the future is expected from three aspects, such as new structure, sensor and control technique, and human-computer interaction technique

Summary

Introduction

Robot can increase the productivity of the workers, taking the place of human to do the repeated, boring, and dangerous work, and accomplish some work where human is not competent [1]. In the past few years, the production value of electronic medical devices, developed on the basis of medical robots system, is growing at 10 percent a year This is more than the industrial growth rate. Robot in prosthodontics and orthodontics can realize the following functions, such as the manufacturing of complete or partial denture, dental implantology, and the bending of archwire. Robot in prosthodontics and orthodontics realizes the manufacturing of complete or partial denture, dental implantology, and the bending of archwire. Its successful application will realize the quantification of complete denture or partial restoration, dental implantology, and the bending of archwire, and promote the development of prosthodontics, orthodontics, and relative fundamental theory

State of the Art of Application of Robot in Prosthodontics and Orthodontics

Key Problems on Application of Robot in Prosthodontics and Orthodontics

Findings

Conclusion