Planmeca, Materialise Dental

Finnish dental equipment manufacturer Planmeca Oy and Belgium-based Materialise Dental have started a joint effort for users of Planmeca ProMax 3-D imaging devices. With the effort, Panmeca ProMax 3-D users can order Materialise Dental SurgiGuide drill guides based on the implant planning done in the Planmeca Romexis software.Planmeca ProMax 3-D customers can order Materialise Dental SurgiGuide drill guides from Planmeca Romexis software. This opens new perspectives for Planmeca’s cone beam users, who can transfer their implant planning from the Planmeca Romexis software to the patient’s mouth by using the technology of SurgiGuide drill guides.A variety of implants can be planned in Planmeca Romexis with available tools. This information is sent, together with the DICOM images, to Materialise Dental as a SurgiGuide order. Materialise Dental will then import the data in their SimPlant software, and contact the customer to verify and discuss the planning in SimPlant. This helps ensure transfer of the data and compatibility. SurgiGuide options are discussed to find the optimal solution for transferring the implant planning to the mouth of the patient, based on the specifics of each case, the surgeon’s preferences, and implant systems used. This way technicalities are covered by the service. After production, the customer receives the SurgiGuide, ready for use in surgery.“This new cooperation will help the users of our Planmeca ProMax 3-D cone beam X-ray devices to further benefit from their system," stated Helianna Puhlin-Nurminen, vice president of digital imaging and applications division at Planmeca Oy."The implant planning can be done conveniently in Planmeca Romexis software, the same software used for image capturing, and whenever there is a need for guided surgery, Materialise Dental’s prominent SurgiGuide drill guides can be ordered and the process finalized with Materialise Dental’s professionals.”“We are excited about this cooperation with Planmeca as a leading cone beam manufacturer,” said Bert Van Roie, international product manager of SimPlant and SurgiGuide.“Since years our SurgiGuide drill guides ensure a fully predictable transfer of the digital implant planning from SimPlant to the mouth of the patient. Now we can offer the same benefit to all Planmeca users, directly from within Planmeca Romexis.”Planmeca enlarges premises for 40th anniversaryPlanmeca ProMax 3-D family is a line of 3-D cone beam devices that offer a volume size for applications that require 3-D imaging with a low dose. The products in Planmeca’s 3-D concept are Planmeca ProMax 3D s, for applications where a smaller field of view is sufficient; Planmeca ProMax 3-D for general 3-D applications with a field size covering the mandible and maxilla; Planmeca ProMax 3-D Mid for a wide selection of volume sizes; and Planmeca ProMax 3-D Max which includes a variety of field sizes from single tooth to whole maxillofacial area. The Planmeca Romexis desktop software suite supports MS Windows and Apple MacOS, and includes processing of dental imaging modalities: intraoral, panoramic, cephalometric, 3-D imaging, 3-D photo, 3-D intraoral scans, as well as photos and intraoral video imaging.Materialise Dental provides an integrated implant treatment planning tool, including SimPlant software, and a range of SurgiGuide drill guides. The SimPlant technology guides dental professionals step by step during their implant planning and allows them to plan implant cases. SimPlant has an implant library of 8,000 implants from 90 brands that displays implants, compatible abutments, and SurgiGuide drill guides. Next to the SurgiGuide types of support (bone-, mucosa-, and tooth-supported SurgiGuide drill guides), a selection of SurgiGuide solutions -- SAFE (used with a brand specific guided surgery kit), Universal (used with a standard surgery kit to perform guided surgery), and Pilot (offering pilot drill guidance) – help ensure integration of 3-D planning and actual surgery. For more information, contact www.planmeca.com and www.materialisedental.com.To comment on this product, go to community.pennwelldentalgroup.com/.