Sescoi Plays Role in the Prodentic Dental Prosthesis Project

By DE Editors

Sescoi is the software partner in the Prodentic dental prosthesis open manufacturing project. This 30-month, project funded by the French government is led by the French UNPPD (Union Nationale Patronale des Prothesistes Dentaires) and AFNET, an association that promotes common standards in data exchange.

The objectives of Prodentic are to create a digital process for the design and manufacture of dental prostheses that can be economically implemented by the majority of practitioners; agree on a common format for CAD data exchange; and achieve full traceability for prosthetic data throughout their entire lifecycle in line with European traceability directives.

Sescoi’s experience associated with the development of their own software—the WorkNCDENTAL automatic dental CAM/CAD and the WorkPLAN Enterpise custom manufacturing ERP systems—will contribute to the project. WorkNCDENTAL can import CAD models and scanned data in many different formats, nest and orientate it and automatically add support pins and identification marks. Machining wizards apply 3- or 5-axis toolpaths as appropriate, which have been optimized to suit the difficult to cut materials commonly used in dental implants, such as titanium and zirconium.  Sescoi’s WorkPLAN Enterpise ERP is geared toward project-based manufacturing. The software is able to trace orders and their status throughout the production process.

The driving force behind the Prodentic project is the need to reduce the cost of dental prostheses in order to counter low cost competition from overseas. Achieving commonality for CAD data exchange between the systems used by dentist, prosthetists, and sub-contractors is critical to the success of the project, according to Sescoi.

For more information, visit Sescoi.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.