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its ‘A.R.T., Advanced Restorative Treatment’. The smile design feature combines tooth alignment with restorative treatments for comprehensive dentistry within the exocad software, through AI-based technology. With these developments, Dr Amornvit believes that dental schools globally need to do more to incorporate digital dentistry in the syllabus. As a part- time instructor at a dental university in Thailand, Dr Amornvit is aware of the constraints schools were up against face in introducing new methods. “While dental schools are trying to incorporate digital dentistry into their undergraduate syllabus, I understand that the depth of teaching is likely to be rather basic due to budgetary and time constraints. I hope that more stakeholders like digital dentistry manufacturers and private trainers can fill this gap, by collaborating with one another to facilitate the knowledge sharing and training needed,” he explained. Moreover, with Dr Amornvit set on raising the bar of digital dentistry, he called on the support of different stakeholders in South East Asia to bring the region to the forefront of the field, hoping that his own journey could serve as an example for others. “I run the PPFACEDESIGN training centre as a passion. If you regard South East Asia as a whole, the region is still developing in its adoption of digital dentistry and its workflows. However, with the region’s large supply of talented dentists and its big demand for digital dentistry, I believe we have the potential to be a leader in the field,” he said. Dr Amornvit concluded: “I try to provide the education needed to progress the community’s ability because I want to use myself as a representative of dentists in South East Asia, to show to we have the capability and strength to lead the field in digital dentistry.” DA
As a maxillofacial prosthodontist, Dr Amornvit saw how digital dentistry enabled the creation of complex prothesis from fingers to facial features. Assured of its capabilities, he hopes to inspire and train younger dentists to master the technology through PPFACEDESIGN
“I try to inspire the young generation of the dentist to understand the workflows, software and its pitfalls, to facilitate clear communication between the clinic and the lab,” he added.
progresses further, Dr Amornvit believes that AI-based tools will make complex treatments easier to tackle as it can quicken and improve the accuracy of steps in CAD/CAM design such as occlusion planning.
Furthermore, as the capacity of software and data collection
He added that he is looking forward to exocad’s upcoming release of
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