Lecturer Nobuhiro YODA
DDS, PhD
Division Of Advanced Prosthetic Dentistry,
Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Japan
Introduction of the Speaker
Nobuhiro Yoda is Senior Assistant Professor at Division of Advanced Prosthetic Dentistry, Tohoku University Hospital in Japan. He received undergraduate training at Tohoku University School of Dentistry (DDS, 2003) and postgraduate education at Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry (Ph.D., 2007). He joined at Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies at the University of Sydney as a visiting researcher from 2014 to 2016 and started some collaborative research regarding the dental biomechanics bone remodeling simulation. He has also been working at Tohoku University Hospital as a dentist and certificated as a Prosthodontic Specialist and a Dental Implant Specialist.
Session:
17 February 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Clinical Application of Digital Technology for Removable Denture and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation: Applications of intra-oral scanners (IOS) and 3D printers to dental practice are rapidly expanding. The usefulness of those devices for not only dental prostheses but also maxillofacial reconstruction surgery has been demonstrated in many studies. However, it is still difficult to take an impression of movable mucosa by IOS due to its limitation of performance. As a challenge of the IOS application, a case of complete denture production using IOS and 3D printer will be introduced. In addition, the application of computer-aided engineering techniques to optimize the denture base will be also introduced. In terms of the digital application to the maxillofacial reconstruction, the bone healing and remodeling activity in the reconstructed mandible with a fibular free flap was evaluated and those results were utilized for the actual reconstruction surgery. The details of the digital application including the 3D printer to the reconstruction surgery will be introduced.