Exocad software – description of modules

Exocad software-advantages

The software has a number of advantages that determine its popularity and demand:

• Exocad is a comprehensive software solution focused on digital dentistry;
• openness to integration with various devices from other manufacturers;
  constant communication with working engineers, dentists and dental technicians to improve software tools;
• simplicity and clarity of operation-suitable even for beginners;
• a powerful tool in the hands of experienced professionals;
  high speed of data processing and work, which together with the functionality makes it possible to significantly improve productivity and labor efficiency;
• wide range of indications;
• possibility of connection of extension to other indications.

The basic functionality of the software will expand along with the user experience. For example, you can copy previous designs or mirror healthy teeth, upload regular two-dimensional images when designing, work with preoperative models and adapt your own restorations to them, save real 3D files in PDF format, then send them by email and open them in a regular program that can view PDF files.

Opportunities

The standard configuration of the Exocad software allows you to cover a wide range of indications, which include:

• anatomical crowns;
• simple and anatomical caps;
• veneers;
• tabs and overlays;
• attachments;
• bridge frames and the frames on the basis of wax models;
• digital copy milling of wax models;
• extra-corkscrew lock fasteners;
• telescopic crowns.

The reliability and stability of the system allows you to process complex types of products on a daily basis.

The software includes extensions for various tasks. For example, for dental technicians — DentalCAD, for research-ChairsideCAD, for orthodontics-Ortho, for planning implants-Exoplan, and for production — Exocam.

Having familiarized with the basic features of the integrated Exocad software, you can see that the possibilities of using digital technologies in dentistry are truly limitless.

Implant unit/Implant module

The implant module is an extension for the specialized Exocad DentalCAD software. It is designed for the construction and design of abutments and bridges on screw fixation.

Modeling of individual abutments

Thanks to the use of the Exocad Dental CAD Implant module, the design of individual abutments becomes easy and understandable. If you are modeling bridges based on individual abutments, the software module itself will make sure that all abutments on which the bridge rests have the same setting axis.

Screw-fixed bridges

Modeling screw-fixed bridges, caps, and crowns will also be easy. The advanced design function of the screw channel makes it much easier to apply ceramic coating, as well as to minimize the risk of chipping enamel.

Reliable and high performance

In a single CAD session, you can model not only individual abutments, but also their frames. If the abutments and frames were designed with precise and correct parameters, then you can achieve their optimal fit. In other words, when designing the framework, all parts will be created at once. This means that you can avoid intermediate scanning of the abutment and save valuable time.

Milling operations can be performed both at home and in milling shops. This will not make any difference, as Exocad DentalCAD supports the widest range of milling systems. Files that are created by the Exocad DentalCAD program are accepted by any production centers equipped with modern equipment. Thus, it is possible to choose between an independent manufacturer of components and order from another manufacturer.

Extensive library of implants

The implant module Exocad DentalCAD package includes an expanded library of implants, represented by products from leading manufacturers and products from smaller players in the industry. Moreover, this library includes implants for modeling on titanium bases, as well as on non-removable abutments or bridges with screw fixation. This means that the Implant module offers flexible options for modeling different types of restorations based on implants.

Implant module Exocad DentalCAD is an extension of the dental CAD platform, which is known for its high speed and easy operation, reliability and continuous improvement, which has earned the trust of leading industry experts.

Virtual articulator

Virtual articulator is one of the additional modules of the specialized Exocad DentalCAD software. It is designed to take dynamic occlusion into account when designing and modeling crowns and bridge structures. Now you can eliminate complex and expensive mechanical systems, replacing them with more advanced and convenient computer systems.

How does it work?

With the help of special devices, individual impressions of the jaws are placed and scanned in a certain position in which they are located in relation to the articulator frames. Thus, the program identifies the position of virtual teeth in space in relation to the hinge axis.

In the virtual articulator, the model is positioned in the virtual space. Then the standard or individual settings of the articulator are set.

Plaster models placed inside a real familiar articulator can be transferred to the software environment using a scanner that supports virtual articulation. Thanks to this, you can achieve perfect modeling and design results that will best meet all the individual characteristics and needs of the patient.

In the virtual articulator, as well as on the real one, you can configure such individual indicators as:

• Bennett angle,
• condylar angle,
• immediate lateral displacement,
• articular pathway,
• protrusion and protrusion magnitude.

Individual data is obtained using axiography. They can be imported from any measurement system that creates a file based on the XML format. You can also use averaged (standardized) indicators. In addition, the specialist can save their data in the software library.

If the physical articulator is a simplified model of the human skull geometry, the virtual articulator is an improved digital version of it. Computer simulation of jaw movement and dynamic modeling of closing on a virtual articulator is another opportunity to improve the quality of services provided to patients. Virtual articulator Exocad DentalCAD is one of the most modern and functional modules in This field.

Rod structure module/Bar module

The Exocad DentalCAD software offers a number of extensions, in particular an extension module for barbell structures. This software tool allows you to design standard and sophisticated rod structures of an individual type, performing all work in this direction quickly and easily.

Exocad Bar module features

In this module, the design of rod structures is carried out in relation to complete anatomical restorations. In the shortest possible time, modeling is performed taking into account all the individual characteristics of the patient. At the same time, fasteners, extensions, and other retention elements can be added to the structures. In the rod structure itself, you can cut cylindrical or arbitrary geometric holes for fixing ready-made additions to the rod.

The Exocad dentalcad rod module allows you to find solutions even for the most complex clinical cases. The module contains well-thought-out design options, based on which the structures created by modeling will give patients the maximum possible comfort even in the most difficult situations.

In General, Exocad Bar module has the following advantages:

• easy to learn and operate;
• functionality;
• wide possibilities for adding various elements;
• ability to work with both simple and complex structures.

The production of rod structures with optimal fit indicators requires very precise scanning. This requires a special system. The Exocad software, and in particular the rod module, are integrated with high-precision measuring equipment, such as tactile scanners. All this is a guarantee of accuracy, individuality and reliability of the process.

As practice shows, in fact, Exocad Bar module is one of the most functional modules in the dental field, compatible with a large list of scanning and printing equipment. It can serve as a basis for cross-industry data exchange between specialists.

Changing settings is easy. In General, the module is highly automated, which means that the risk of errors and errors is minimal.

Temporary construction module/Provisional module

Exocad Provisional module is an additional dental module for creating temporary structures (bridges, crowns) based on preoperative scanning. In this case, a special technique is used, which is called the “eggshell technique”.

Features of Exocad Provisional module

Based on preoperative data obtained from the patient before treatment or performing procedures by scanning, the Exocad Provisional software module creates individual temporary crowns that repeat the anatomical structure of the patient’s own tooth. This can be achieved if the tooth had a fairly good condition before treatment. In this case, the anatomy of the natural tooth is simply copied and a temporary bridge or crown is made according to this data.

If the condition of the tooth before the operation leaves much to be desired, then you can use the data from the extensive library of teeth, to which this module has extended access.

When designing, the program first determines the contour of all the teeth that will be fitted with crowns. It is on the basis of the anatomical relief of the dentition that all calculations and measurements will be automatically built. At the same time, adjustments can be made in manual mode, for which there is a large functionality of manual and automatic tools. All this allows you to achieve maximum accuracy when modeling temporary structures and provide the patient with comfort.

Advantages of Exocad Provisional module:

• simplicity and reliability;
• wide library of teeth;
• large selection of tools for modeling temporary structures;
• automation of a large number of processes and calculations;
• high speed of operation.

You should also note the free formatting feature in the Exocad Provisional module. This tool is almost indispensable for virtual and physical restoration of broken teeth and elements of the dentition. Based on a small natural and native fragment of a tooth or row, the program recreates a “clone” with the highest accuracy, which is as compatible as possible with the existing tooth row.

DICOM viewer/DICOM viewer

Exocad DICOM viewer is an additional extension of the software shell, which during the process of designing dental restorations makes it possible to visualize elements of a three-dimensional image obtained from a computer tomograph. In other words, it is an integrated tool for viewing three-dimensional images in the field of dentistry.

Features of Exocad DICOM viewer

The Exocad DICOM viewer module is a necessary extension if a specialist uses computer tomography data in addition to digital 3D scanning. This combination of research data makes it possible to achieve maximum exponentiation, and, consequently, maximum accuracy in the design of restorations.

This extension allows you to transform and analyze three-dimensional computer scan data. As a result, the development of dental restorations becomes less complex and time-consuming, more accurate and productive.

Advantages of Exocad DICOM viewer:

simplicity and reliability;
compatibility;
data analysis;
high-quality and visual visualization.

In combination with other programs and extensions, the Exocad DICOM viewer module can be used for treatment planning, modeling, and prototyping. The advantage of Exocad DICOM viewer is not only ease of operation and configuration, but also compatibility with other software products. All this makes it a leader in this field. Although the DICOM viewer extension itself is not a separate software tool, but only a functional addition to the Exocad shell.

Important-the Exocad DICOM viewer module cannot be used for diagnostics or medical research. it is only used for visualization when designing dental restorations.

Module splinting of teeth/Bite splint module

The Bite splint module software extension to the specialized dental software Exocad is a tool for modeling and producing nocturnal occlusal drops. This program allows you to significantly speed up this process, as well as simplify it and make it as accurate as possible, and the finished product that corresponds to the individual characteristics of the patient.

Features of Bite splint Exocad

The Bite splint Exocad model has a number of features. But most importantly, this software allows you to produce high-precision individual night caps in the shortest possible time. At the same time, the software is highly sensitive to the geometry of the dentition. Thanks to this, you can recreate an absolutely identical contour using 3D scanning.

The Bite splint Exocad program is highly integrated, so it is compatible with any modeling software and equipment for 3D printing, that is, with all dental 3D printers on the market. This allows you to achieve high efficiency in the manufacture of individual night caps that correct the dentition.

Maximum results can be achieved when using this software module together with the Exocad virtual articulator and special software for digital dental 3D scanning.

Thus, we can distinguish the following advantages of Bite splint Exocad:

• easy and convenient operation;
• high functionality;
• performance and speed;
• highly sensitive to the geometry of the dentition;
• integration with other software tools;
• compatible with almost any dental digital equipment;
• the output file of the program can be used for 3D printing or milling;
• high-precision automatic computing system;
• result prediction system.

The Bite splint Exocad software module is an extension of the main exocad dental software shell and cannot be used separately from It. The module has a simple and pleasant interface. All algorithms used by the program are intuitive. All this together allows you to model and manufacture high-precision individual night occlusal caps in the shortest possible time, achieving an effective result and maximum comfort in the treatment of the patient.

TruSmile technology/TruSmile technology

The TruSmile technology software module for specialized dental software Exocad is an extension that allows you to create realistic visualizations of dental restorations in real time. Using all the features of this program, you can significantly improve the services provided to patients, because this product can be used as a powerful and targeted advertising tool. You can initially show the patient what they will get or can get as a result of the work, and give them a choice.

Trusmile Exocad Features

This application is based on the innovative TruSmile technology, which allows you to achieve almost photographic image quality that visualizes the proposed dental restorations (crowns, bridges, etc.). At the same time, the software module supports realistic visualizations of all common materials, including:

• zirconium dioxide;
• ceramics;
• NP-metal and others.

The software product has rich functionality, in particular, a system for selecting realistic colors for individual teeth. It is possible to adapt the program settings to the materials used by the specialist in their work. Thus, you can show the patient his future crown in different versions. In this case, the principle of “what you see, you get”will work. The patient has the opportunity to visually, that is, visualize the choice between different options for restorations. And it will be easier for the doctor to convince the patient that a ceramic crown is better than a metal one.

In summary, we can highlight the following advantages of the TruSmile Exocad software module:

• nice and intuitive interface;
• simple and easy operation;
• great advertising tool;

wide range of realistic visualizations with photographic accuracy;
a wide range of materials and the ability to customize realistic colors.
TruSmile Exocad is a very good tool in the hands of dentists who actively use digital CAD/CAM systems in their work. The program is an additional module to the Exocad dental software shell and requires a good video card, not lower than the average level, for example, Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 or with higher speed.

Removable denture module

The additional Denture module to the Exocad software is a software that allows you to design high-quality all-removable dentures. Using this software product, you can model highly aesthetic and anatomically comfortable full-removable prostheses that can significantly improve the quality of life and comfort of the patient.

Peculiarities of the Denture module, Exocad

Modeling of individual full-removable prostheses in the Denture module Exocad software module allows you to solve almost all tasks in digital and automatic mode. You can perform digital analysis of the prosthesis model. As a result of the analysis, the software environment will offer an automatic option for setting teeth.

The Denture module Exocad program is not a standalone product, but can only be used with the main Exocad software environment. However, it is a highly integrated product that is compatible with a wide range of dental CAD/CAM systems and 3D printers. This means that the full-removable prosthesis modeled in the program can be milled, printed on a 3D printer, or made using a combination of the above technologies.

Advantages of the Denture module Exocad are:

• simple and intuitive interface;
• intuitive operation algorithms;
• compatible with software products and popular 3D dental equipment;
• wide functionality;
• high accuracy and aesthetics of the designed prostheses.

Thus, the Denture Exocad software model can become indispensable in the professional activities of dentists who actively use digital CAD/CAM technologies and 3D dental equipment, allowing them to provide their patients with a full range of high-quality services in the field of prosthetics.