Dental Asia March/April 2022
For more than two decades, Dental Asia is the premium journal in linking dental innovators and manufacturers to its rightful audience. We devote ourselves in showcasing the latest dental technology and share evidence-based clinical philosophies to serve as an educational platform to dental professionals. Our combined portfolio of print and digital media also allows us to reach a wider market and secure our position as the leading dental media in the Asia Pacific region while facilitating global interactions among our readers.
For more than two decades, Dental Asia is the premium journal in linking dental innovators and manufacturers to its rightful audience. We devote ourselves in showcasing the latest dental technology and share evidence-based clinical philosophies to serve as an educational platform to dental professionals. Our combined portfolio of print and digital media also allows us to reach a wider market and secure our position as the leading dental media in the Asia Pacific region while facilitating global interactions among our readers.
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BEHIND THE SCENES<br />
exocad: comprehensive implant<br />
libraries in exoplan 3.0 Galway<br />
In the exoplan 3.0 Galway* implant libraries, users can now find<br />
more than 10,000 implants from approximately 100 manufacturers.<br />
Moreover, the comprehensive libraries contain more validated<br />
information that enables exoplan users to benefit from a seamless<br />
digital workflow. Akira Schüttler, system integration manager at<br />
exocad, explains the details.<br />
How comprehensive is the implant<br />
library for exoplan?<br />
Akira Schüttler: With exoplan, we<br />
currently support approximately<br />
600 implant systems with<br />
over 10,000 implants from<br />
approximately 100 implant<br />
manufacturers worldwide** (Fig.<br />
1). This means that exocad offers<br />
a leading selection of implant<br />
systems that are available for<br />
implant planning all around the<br />
world, where an implant system<br />
can be incorporated regardless of<br />
the treatment planning location,<br />
even when the system is not sold<br />
locally. Therefore, implantology<br />
teams comprised of dentists, dental<br />
technicians and surgeons can work<br />
together on a case regardless of<br />
their physical location – even if<br />
they are in different countries or<br />
continents.<br />
What information is available to<br />
exoplan users about the implants?<br />
Schüttler: Our goal is to include<br />
all information from the official<br />
manufacturer documentation<br />
in the libraries where possible.<br />
Numerous parameters are<br />
Fig. 1<br />
stored for every implant, ranging<br />
from the manufacturer’s article<br />
number, through the interface and<br />
platform type, all the way up to the<br />
manufacturer-dependent features of<br />
each specific implant. If an implant<br />
system is available with two different<br />
surfaces, for example, both implant<br />
types are listed. We validate this<br />
information to offer exoplan users<br />
a seamless workflow with all the<br />
freedom of an open system.<br />
For Guide Creator, the software<br />
module for designing surgical<br />
guides, there are three further<br />
58 DENTAL ASIA MARCH / APRIL <strong>2022</strong>
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