Dental Asia January/February 2024
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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IN DEPTH WITH<br />
exocad introduces <strong>Dental</strong>CAD<br />
3.2 Elefsina software with over<br />
60 new features<br />
exocad’s new <strong>Dental</strong>CAD 3.2 Elefsina<br />
software aims to provide more<br />
intuitive workflows with over 60<br />
features designed to meet customer<br />
requirements and enhance workflows —<br />
from treatment planning to design and<br />
manufacturing.<br />
“<strong>Dental</strong>CAD 3.2 Elefsina delivers the<br />
exciting functionalities dental experts<br />
have been waiting for. The new release<br />
offers more automation, speed, and<br />
intuitive workflows from CAD to CAM,”<br />
said Tillmann Steinbrecher, CEO of<br />
exocad.<br />
Named after the current EU ‘European<br />
Capitals of Culture’, exocad has chosen<br />
the Greek city of Elefsina to bear the<br />
name of its the latest version of its<br />
CAD software. <strong>Dental</strong>CAD 3.2 Elefsina<br />
incorporates numerous time-saving<br />
features. The new preparation margin<br />
repair tool allows users to make the<br />
most out of imperfect intraoral scans,<br />
enabling them to fix margins and<br />
achieve acceptable results despite<br />
artifacts or holes in the scan.<br />
The addition of a new autoarticulator<br />
offers fully automatic consideration<br />
of dynamic occlusion. Also, a new<br />
integration of compact milling machines<br />
enables users to select their preferred<br />
block, initiate production seamlessly<br />
within their CAD software, and switch<br />
tooth libraries while retaining their<br />
previous setup.<br />
The ‘Bite Splint Module’ in <strong>Dental</strong>CAD<br />
3.2 Elefsina introduces increased<br />
automation in bite splint design. The<br />
‘Full Denture Module’ now includes<br />
a feature to rapidly copy an existing<br />
denture in a highly automated<br />
workflow, offering a faster and more<br />
cost-effective alternative to relining,<br />
leveraging recent advances in 3D<br />
printing. Additionally, dentures on<br />
ball attachments are now supported<br />
and an add-on module for the Ivoclar<br />
Ivotion Denture System along with a<br />
dedicated Ivoclar tooth library.<br />
New tools in the ‘Smile Creator’ module<br />
provide users with more predictability<br />
and better planning options. Users can<br />
design virtual gingiva for more realistic<br />
outcomes and create smiles based<br />
on patients’ natural teeth. The ability<br />
to adjust 3D rendering to the camera’s<br />
focal length enables a more precise<br />
photo-driven smile design.<br />
To enhance collaboration between labs<br />
and doctors, clinicians can now share<br />
external case-related files such as<br />
images, videos, and x-rays with exocad<br />
<strong>Dental</strong>CAD users through the MyiTero<br />
portal. The new bi-directional case<br />
communication allows <strong>Dental</strong>CAD<br />
users to share their 3D designs with<br />
the doctor for an efficient previewand-approval<br />
process. Within the CAD<br />
software, lab users can also validate<br />
margins with iTero intraoral camera<br />
images and visualise internal tooth<br />
structure with iTero near infrared<br />
imaging (NIRI) technology.<br />
Other highlights of the <strong>Dental</strong>CAD 3.2<br />
Elefsina include the ability to design<br />
post and core restorations so that<br />
a crown matching the core can be<br />
designed in the same step, a new<br />
‘Virtual Articulator’ support for Gamma<br />
<strong>Dental</strong> Reference SL, Kavo PROTARevo<br />
5B, with an anatomical ‘in-skull’<br />
articulator visualisation, and an easier<br />
and more efficient process for titanium<br />
bases supporting variable screw<br />
channel angulation.<br />
exocad will offer hands-on<br />
demonstrations of the new <strong>Dental</strong>CAD<br />
3.2 Elefsina release at various<br />
upcoming dental exhibitions and at<br />
Insights <strong>2024</strong> taking place from 9-10<br />
May <strong>2024</strong>, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.<br />
The company’s global event will include<br />
opportunities for attendees to discover<br />
more about the latest Elefsina features<br />
from dental industry leaders and<br />
application specialists. DA<br />
54 DENTAL ASIA JANUARY / FEBRUARY <strong>2024</strong>
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