RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF MODELLING METHODS AND APPROACHES IN MANUFACTURING OF DENTAL RECOVERIES WITH THE APPLICATION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES AND COMPUTER AIDED SYSTEMS

Dental prosthetics is closely related to engineering science - before all to production engineering. Advances in computer technology which have radically changed engineering, also made impact on dental prosthetics. During recent years, industrially developed countries have made significant effort to advance the process of modelling and manufacture of dental replacements using state-of-the-art technologies and computer-aided systems (3-D digitization, CAD, RE, CAE, CAM, TPD, RP, CAQ) in order to increase quality and efficiency of their manufacture. In our country dental replacements are still manufactured using conventional methods which predominantly rely on manual skills for preparation/manufacture and are thus prone to subjective errors. Available human and infrastructure capacities in production engineering and stomatology have motivated researchers from four major institutions to propose this project. It is an attempt to intensify interdisciplinary scientific and research cooperation in order to adopt, adjust and implement state-of-the-art technologies and CAx systems for the purpose of radical advancement of dental prosthetics in Serbia. Successful realization of planned activities shall enhance quality and overall efficiency of dental interventions, lower the costs and open prospects for development of medical tourism and domestic high-tech products in the area of dental prosthetics. This shall open new jobs for highly educated people.