Development of a fully computerized dental CAD/CAM system: Focusing on computeriation of tooth preparation

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K11199
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Prosthodontics/ Dental materials science and
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: KIKUCHI Masafumi 鹿児島大学, 医歯学域歯学系, 教授 (50250791)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 有川 裕之 鹿児島大学, 医歯学域歯学系, 助教 (90128405)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MINAMI Hiroyuki 鹿児島大学, 医歯学域歯学系, 教授 (50244257) ; TAKAKUDA Kazuo 東京医科歯科大学, 生体材料工学研究所, 教授 (70108223)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 歯科医療用ロボット / 歯牙切削 / CAD/CAM / 形成

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In recent years, CAD/CAM technology has been changing dentistry and computerization is progressing rapidly, mainly in the field of dental laboratory work. However, tooth preparation is still performed manually using a dental handpiece. The purpose of this study was to computerize/automate tooth preparation with the intention of realizing a fully computerized dental CAD/CAM system. A prototype robotic dental treatment system was developed. Grasping the problems of the system led to inventions of a smaller-sized intraoral machining device.

Free Research Field

歯科生体材料学、歯科理工学