Review of "Precision Dentistry: A New Horizon - The Guangdong-South China Dental Feast"
exhibition time
March 3rd to March 6th, 2025
Exhibition venue
China Import and Export Fair Panyu Exhibition Hall, Zone D, Hall 18.1, Section G40
exhibition organizers
South China International Dental Exhibition Organizing Committee
Having been deeply involved in the field of oral industry exhibitions for many years, the core team is composed of senior industry experts and professional exhibition planners. They are committed to promoting the development of the oral industry. Every year, they meticulously plan and successfully host the South China International Oral Industry Exhibition, integrating global high-quality oral resources and establishing a professional platform that combines product display, technical exchange, and business negotiations. It enjoys a high reputation in the oral industry both domestically and internationally and is an important force leading industry innovation and promoting cooperation.
1. Key Features and Highlights
Advanced Technology Exhibition
Some of the exhibited cutting machines employ ultra-precise numerical control technology, which enables precise cutting at the micrometer level. This ensures that the edge fit of the dental prostheses reaches the highest standard, significantly enhancing the comfort and aesthetics of the patients' wear.
Intelligent operation experience
With an intelligent programming system, operators only need to input the three-dimensional model data of the dentures, and the equipment can automatically generate the optimal cutting path, significantly reducing the processing time and lowering the operational difficulty. Even beginners can quickly get the hang of it.
Versatility of materials adaptation
These devices not only can efficiently cut traditional metal and ceramic materials, but also can finely carve new biocompatible resin materials, meeting the individualized needs of different patients for denture materials.
| Material Name | Advantages |
|---|---|
| PEEK | Excellent biocompatibility; minimal irritation to human tissues; high strength and toughness; not prone to fracture; can withstand high bite forces; lightweight for better comfort; radiolucent, allowing for clear medical imaging. |
| PMMA | Relatively low cost and good economic efficiency; excellent processability, easy to shape and cut; capable of producing intricate and detailed structures; good transparency and high aesthetics, suitable for denture bases that mimic gum color; smooth surface that resists plaque attachment. |
| Zirconia | Extremely high hardness and wear resistance, long service life; excellent biocompatibility and affinity with human tissues; natural appearance and color for superior aesthetics, closely simulating real teeth; strong chemical stability and corrosion resistance. |
| Titanium Alloy | High strength and low density, making it lightweight and reducing oral load; excellent biocompatibility, not likely to cause allergic reactions; strong corrosion resistance, stable performance in complex oral environments; good mechanical properties, suitable for various complex restoration needs. |
Analysis of Industry Current Situation
With the intensification of population aging and the increasing emphasis on oral health by people, the global dental cutting machine market has maintained a steady growth trend in recent years. In terms of geographical distribution, the markets in developed countries such as Europe and America are relatively mature, while the Asia-Pacific region, due to its large population base and rapidly growing economic level, has become the main driving force for market growth.
Technological development trends
In the future, dental cutting machines will evolve towards higher precision, greater speed, greater intelligence and greater environmental friendliness. For instance, laser cutting technology is expected to not only reduce material waste but also further enhance processing accuracy, becoming a significant breakthrough point for industry innovation.
2. Exhibition Hall Style
Entering the exhibition site, a strong sense of technological atmosphere greeted us. The booth designs of each exhibitor were ingenious, presenting the charm of dental equipment in a comprehensive way with simple and bright colors and modern display methods, accompanied by a panoramic photo of the exhibition hall.
3. Exhibition Items Presentation
The several new types of cutting machines on the OV Dental booth feature a stylish design. They are not only elegant and decent but also optimize the heat dissipation performance of the equipment. During the on-site demonstration, their efficient and precise cutting process attracted many visitors to stop and watch. The operators skillfully showed the equipment's processing ability for complex denture models, earning continuous praise. ---- Three models (G5/S5/X700) with high precision cutting, multi-angle curved surface processing, achieving domestic substitution and efficiency improvement.
S5
Dental 5-axis cutting machine
- High-precision processing: Five-axis linkage enables the tool to adjust at any angle within the three-dimensional space, allowing for high-precision processing of complex curved surfaces. The automated process also reduces human error.
- Enhanced processing efficiency: One setup can complete multi-face processing. By switching the rotation axis to change the processing angle, the tool path can be optimized, reducing idle cutting time.
- Excellent surface quality: Multi-axis linkage enables the tool to contact the material at the optimal angle, reducing cutting marks. It can directly produce prostheses close to the final form, reducing the time for manual polishing and material waste.
- Wide material adaptability: Equipped with a high-stiffness spindle and specialized tools, it can process dental materials such as titanium plates, cobalt-chromium alloys, titanium rods, resins, and glass ceramics, compatible with various types of prostheses.
- Repair body types: Implant abutments, post-capsules, bridge connectors, etc., for implant components
- Intelligent and automated integration: Usually deeply integrated with CAD/CAM systems, achieving full-process digitalization from design to processing, supporting automated continuous processing, suitable for large-scale production needs, and ensuring consistency in quality.
- Reduce long-term costs: By optimizing the cutting path and processing strategy, maximizing material utilization, and reducing the unit cost.
G5
5-Axis Dental Milling Machine
This dental milling machine has similar functionality to the S5.
- Wide Material Compatibility: Equipped with a highly rigid spindle and specialized tooling, it can process dental materials such as zirconia, PMMA, PEEK, wood substitutes, and wax blocks, and is compatible with a wide range of restoration types.
- Milling Restoration Types: Crowns, Bridges, Inlays, Veneers, and Removable Denture Frameworks
X700
Dental 7-Axis 5-Axis Cutting Machine
Domestic manufacturers suffer from low machining accuracy and efficiency. Domestic dental implant medical device processing equipment already includes series of engraving and milling machines from companies like Beijing Jingdiao and Shenzhen Xiangtong. However, these machines are primarily mid- to low-end, generally utilizing 4- and 5-axis machine tools. These machines suffer from low machining accuracy and efficiency, and still struggle to meet domestic market demand.
The X700, a precision seven-axis, five-axis ultrasonic machining center, addresses this bottleneck.
It is designed as an "industrial mother machine" for machining micro-precision parts, primarily for the medical device, aerospace, jewelry, and watchmaking industries. By incorporating ultrasonic machining technology, a precision seven-axis, five-axis ultrasonic machining center has been developed. Key technical challenges require research in structural design, ultrasonic equipment, machining processes, error compensation, and localized component production. This can be a potential upgrade and replacement for traditional industries through localized production.
- Higher Machining Precision: The seven-axis design provides greater freedom of motion, while the five-axis linkage allows for more flexible tool angle adjustment, enabling high-precision machining of complex curved surfaces and delicate structures, further reducing human error.
- Higher Machining Efficiency: In addition to the advantages of a five-axis cutting machine, which can complete multi-surface machining in a single clamping setup, the additional axes can be used to optimize auxiliary operations, such as automated loading and unloading, rapid tool changes, or workpiece rotation and positioning, further reducing machining time and improving overall production efficiency.
- Improved Surface Quality: Multi-axis linkage enables the tool to cut at more ideal angles and paths, further reducing cutting marks and achieving superior surface quality, reducing or even eliminating subsequent polishing steps.
- Greater Material Compatibility: Powerful power and a rigid structure enable machining of a wider variety of dental materials with higher hardness, including some difficult-to-machine metal alloys and new ceramics.
- Greater Customization: The system can more accurately meet the patient's individualized dental restoration needs, producing restorations that are more closely fitted and more anatomically correct, even for complex occlusal surfaces and irregular gingival contours. It can also produce high-precision implant guides and customized orthodontic appliances. Higher levels of automation and intelligence: These are often deeply integrated with digital dental systems, enabling full automation of the entire process, from oral scanning and design to processing. They may also be equipped with intelligent monitoring systems that monitor processing status in real time and automatically adjust parameters, reducing manual intervention and improving processing stability and consistency.
- Lower overall costs: Through more optimized tool paths and processing strategies, material utilization is improved and waste is reduced. Furthermore, efficient processing and stable quality can reduce unit production costs, resulting in long-term cost savings for dental processing companies or medical institutions.
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Topic Discussion
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