Virtual techniques for designing and fabricating a retainer

Ahmed A Nasef; Amr R El-Beialy; Yehya A Mostafa

doi:10.1016/j.ajodo.2014.01.025

Virtual techniques for designing and fabricating a retainer

Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2014 Sep;146(3):394-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2014.01.025.

Authors

Ahmed A Nasef¹, Amr R El-Beialy², Yehya A Mostafa³

Affiliations

¹ Resident, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
² Lecturer, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Electronic address: amr.elbeialy@dentistry.cu.edu.eg.
³ Professor, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

PMID: 25172262
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2014.01.025

Abstract

The purpose of this article was to report a procedure for using 3-dimensional cone-beam computed tomography imaging, computer-aided design, computer-aided manufacturing, and rapid prototyping to design and produce a retainer.

MeSH terms

Computer-Aided Design
Cone-Beam Computed Tomography / methods
Dental Materials / chemistry
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods
Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods
Lasers
Nylons / chemistry
Orthodontic Appliance Design*
Orthodontic Retainers*
Software
Technology, Dental
User-Computer Interface*

Substances

Dental Materials
Nylons