Customized Orthodontic Appliances

What once came from the laboratory or from the manufacturer's catalogue can now be designed and printed in the practice itself, and Panayi takes that idea to its logical conclusion. A first part presents the technologies that make it possible, from surface and volume scanning to CAD software, three-dimensional printing and artificial intelligence; then comes the turn to see them at work through the course of orthodontic treatment. There is room for custom brackets designed with the author's own software, for bespoke lingual appliances and for the part machine learning is beginning to play in the speciality. Aimed at the orthodontist willing to produce in house much of what they use. In English.