Pages 1-24, Language: English, GermanBuzayan, Muaiyed Mahmoud / Yeoh, Oon Take / Alsadaie, Khalid Ibrahim / Sivakumar, Indumathi
Occlusal splint is a commonly prescribed dental appliance in the dental office for the management of bruxism or temporomandibular disorder. The use of digital dental technology facilitates fabrication of this therapeutic device. The digital technology improvement had helped in designing and producing occlusal splints that show better precision and accuracy, ease of manufacturing in terms of time-consuming and materials, in addition to the option of simple and straightforward duplication process. This technical report describes the digital workflow steps that need to be followed to design an occlusal device in a fully digital protocol. Maxillary and mandibular models’ scans were acquired in centric relation, and a virtual 3D occlusal device was designed using a free, open-source 3D modelling software program.
Keywords: 3D dentistry, Autodesk Meshmixer, digital dentistry, Occlusal splint, open source software
