APPLICATION FEATURES DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN ORTHOPEDIC DENTISTRY

Abstract

The rapid development of digital technologies in dentistry, their high accuracy, productivity and versatility of tasks is one of the most significant achievements in orthopedic treatment. The introduction of digital technologies into clinical practice, on the one hand, зменшило кількість помилок та мінімізувало errors that are made in the manufacture of fixed structures using the analog method, and on the other hand, significantly increased the requirements for an orthopedic dentist. It requires a radical revision of the existing protocols, regulatory documents regulating the work of the orthopedic dental service, which makes our study relevant and requires further study. Purpose. To analyze the features of the use of digital technologies in orthopedic treatment. Materials and methods. To achieve this goal, a search was carried out in the databases Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar and PubMed, theoretical research methods were used, namely: analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, systematization of scientific literature on the problem of using digital technologies in orthopedic treatment. Results. Digital technologies are currently developing and improving, providing doctors with new and more effective opportunities for treating patients. A modern clinic is actively implementing digital dentistry, every nosology of patient treatment requires a digital laboratory, including orthopedic dentistry, orthodontics, mandibular joint dysfunction and in other clinical situations. The software of modern computed tomography scanners with a cone-shaped beam allows you to accurately build three-dimensional virtual image. The use of 3D methods based on CT data provides greater accuracy and reproducibility in measuring distances and angles. Digital technologies are successfully proving their effectiveness in conducting comprehensive functional diagnostics. And the use of electronic forms and programs in the creation of protocols and the provision of interdisciplinary dental care to patients with occlusive pathology. Conclusions. The study of this problem gives grounds to conclude that modern scientific sources contain some information about the use of digital technologies in relation to the introduction of modern digital methods in the work of dentists. Digital technologies allow optimizing the process of collecting and processing diagnostic data, increasing the comfort of treatment and diagnosis for both the patient and the dentist.