Title: Dental surgical planning using CT scan and rapid prototyping

Authors: Y. Ravi Kumar; Sayak Ghosh

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal 506 004, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal 506 004, India

Abstract: This work deals with the making of bio-models of jaws of patients using rapid prototyping from the data obtained from CT scan images. The bio-model was made with an intention of increasing the safety of dental surgeries and implant placement and aiding diagnosis and treatment planning. The bio-model made was used for planning an implant placement surgery on the patient whose CT scan data had been taken. A mock surgery was performed by making holes using drills and after that the implants were placed and screwed into the bio-model to secure their positions, as is done in an actual surgery.

Keywords: X-rays; CT/MRI; medical image processing; medical image analysis; rapid prototyping; jaw modelling; biomodels; surgical planning; diagnosis; computed tomography; magnetic resonance imaging; dental surgery.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2012.049219

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 2012 Vol.9 No.4, pp.351 - 368

Published online: 12 Dec 2014 *

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