KR101559462B1 - Management system for dental technology using NFC and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a management system for dental technology using NFC and a method thereof. Specifically, the management system comprises: a dental terminal to which dental restoration information is input; a server which receives the dental restoration information and stores the dental restoration information in a database; an NFC generating terminal which receives the dental restoration information from the server and generates an NFC tag matched with the dental restoration information through an NFC generator; a mobile terminal of dental manufacturing department, which reads the NFC tag, and transmits and receives data with the server or a dental laboratory management terminal while manufacturing a dental restoration associated with a box to which the NFC tag, thereby updating the dental restoration information matched with the read NFC tag; and the dental laboratory management terminal which receives the updated dental restoration information from the server.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a management system for dental technology,

The present invention relates to a system and a method for use in dental pores such as dental restoration for dental care. The present invention relates to a system and method for dental poration such as manufacturing of dental restoration for dental care, which can smoothly flow information using NFC, and effectively transmit and receive information in dental and dental laboratories. Management system and method thereof.

Dental restorations used in dentistry are generally made in dental laboratories, commissioned in dental laboratories in separate dental laboratories.

With reference to Fig. 1, a general production flow will be described.

In dentistry, the patient is aware of the necessity of dental restoration in the process of making a dental work, and after making a mold, it is shipped to a dental laboratory. In this process, desired materials and notes are transmitted in the form of a wire telephone, a memo to be described at the time of the mold release, or an e-mail.

The dental laboratories prepare the dental restorations by referring to the instructions given to them after they have been delivered. Typically, it involves modeling, scanning, designing, milling, ceramics, firing and polishing processes.

Completed dental restorations are delivered to the dentist. The dentist may check the restoration of the dental restorations and make some modifications if necessary.

However, when looking at dental laboratories, one dental laboratory deals 5 ~ 20 dental clinics, 20 ~ 100 cases per day, 600 ~ 3000 cases per month, May not be accurately reflected.

In addition, it is difficult to check the responsibility when the dental treatment process confirms that there is an abnormality in the completed restoration of the dental restoration, since it is sensitive to slight shape changes.

Dental restorative materials are becoming increasingly diverse and the difficulties of managing information on numerous dental restorations are increasing day by day, in light of the current trends in the development of the latest equipment used to make dental restorations.

Hereinafter, a related art will be described.

Korean Laid-Open Patent Application No. 2012-0132647 discloses a technique that systemizes a dental process. However, this prior art focuses only on dental care, and does not disclose a technique for collaborating with a dental laboratory that manufactures a dental restoration.

Japanese Laid-Open Patent Application No. 2008-304466 discloses a technique that systemizes a collaboration process between a dental laboratory and a dentist. However, in this technology, only the image information taken by the dentist is automatically transferred to the dental laboratory, but the dental laboratory can not input any information, which is a limit of one-way communication.

(Patent Document 1) KR2012-0132647 A

(Patent Document 2) JP2008-304466 A

(Patent Document 3) KR2013-0103850 A

(Patent Document 4) KR1156733 B

Accordingly, the present invention proposes a system capable of facilitating the flow of information between dental and dental laboratories, enabling effective information to be transmitted and received, and effectively accumulating such information, thereby enabling convenient and effective work in dental and dental laboratories.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a dental restoration device comprising: a dental terminal (110) to which dental restoration information is input; A server 210 receiving the dental restoration information and storing the dental restoration information in a database 220; An NFC generating terminal 311 for receiving the dental restoration information from the server 210 and generating an NFC tag B matching the dental restoration information through the NFC generator 312; A dental laboratory management terminal 321 for receiving the dental restoration information from the server 210; And the server 210 or the dental laboratory management terminal 321 during fabrication of the dental restoration D associated with the box C to which the NFC tag B is attached, And a dental laboratory construction unit portable terminal 355 capable of updating the dental restoration information matched to the leading NFC tag B by transmitting and receiving data with the dental laboratory.

The data transmitted to the server 210 by the dental laboratories production department portable terminal 355 includes whether or not the dental restoration D is completed by the manufacturing process. The data received by the server 210 includes a standard process for each step of manufacturing the tooth restoration D. [

It is preferable that the manufacturing process includes a model making process, a scanning process, a design process, a milling process, a ceramics forming process, a baking process, and a polishing process.

In addition, it is preferable that the scanning process is performed through a 3D oral scanning apparatus (S1100).

In addition, the dental restoration information input from the dental terminal 110 preferably includes a dental laboratory identifier, a dental restoration material, and a dental restoration.

In addition, the dental laboratory management terminal 321 can read dental restoration information including a predetermined dental laboratory identifier, and the restored dental restoration information includes a manufacturing process for each dental restoration D .

In addition, the dental terminal 110 may modify some or all of the created dental restoration information, and the modified dental restoration information is stored in the database 220 through the server 210, When the production department portable terminal 355 reads the NFC tag B matched with the corrected dental restoration information, the corrected dental restoration information is preferably output.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a box (C) to which an NFC tag (B) is attached and a mold and a corresponding tooth restoration (D) (B) can be read through the portable terminal 355 of the dental laboratory production department, and the dental restoration information pre-stored in the database 220 is output through the server 210 or the dental laboratory management terminal 321 at the time of reading , The output of the dental restoration information includes a dental restorative material and a dental restoration form input from the dental terminal 110 and the dental restoration information is input from the dental laboratory management terminal 321, For example.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of dental restoration comprising the steps of: (a) inputting dental restoration information including a dental laboratory identifier through a dental terminal to a server; (b) transmitting, by the server 210, the inputted dental restoration information to the dental laboratory center management terminal 321 and the NFC generation terminal 311 corresponding to the dental laboratory identifier; (c) generating an NFC tag (B) matching the dental restoration information with the NFC generating terminal (311) through the NFC generator (312) connected thereto; (d) reading the box C to which the NFC tag B is attached by the portable terminal 355 of the dental laboratory production department; (e) outputting dental restoration information matched to the read NFC tag (B) from the dental laboratory work station portable terminal (355); And (f) updating the dental restoration information matched to the leading NFC tag (B) by the dental laboratory establishment mobile terminal (355).

The dental restoration information output in the step (e) includes a standard process previously stored in the database 220 so as to correspond to a manufacturing process of the dental restoration D matching the leading NFC tag B .

The step (f) includes a step of updating whether or not the dental restoration work station portable terminal 355 completes the dental restoration D matching the leading NFC tag B according to the manufacturing process desirable.

According to the present invention, both the dental clinic and the dental laboratory can easily and conveniently request the restoration of the dental restoration, verify the requested contents, easily modify the contents of the request, and check the corrected contents in real time.

In particular, the dental laboratories can transmit completion of the restoration of the dental restoration to be completed at the completion of the process, so that the management department of the dental or dental laboratories can confirm the manufacturing process flow of the restoration of the restoration tooth at a glance.

In addition, manufacturers of dental laboratories can easily check the information on the standard processes for each process, which can reduce errors in the manufacturing process.

By using NFC, both dental and dental laboratories can easily input and output information through portable terminals.

1 is a flow chart for explaining a conventional dental pore method.
2 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a dental pore system according to the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a dental pore method according to the present invention.
4 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a dental pore method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a dental pore method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a dental pore system and method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1. Definition of Terms

Hereinafter, the term "dentistry" should be understood as a place where all the researches and treatments of teeth, related tissues and mouth physiology, pathology, etc. are included.

In the following, the term "dental laboratory" should be understood as any place where the concept of a place is to produce or repair dental materials such as filling, orthodontic, etc. necessary for dental care. In addition, the "management department" and "production department" described as being provided in the dental laboratory are for the sake of explanation and are not necessarily physically separated or specialized or specialized in the production or production, It would be enough to understand the department as a whole that deals with the information related to the laboratory and the department that produces the material.

Hereinafter, "operator site" is a concept of a system according to the present invention and a place where a server and a database included therein are handled. It does not have to be a physically separate area of dental and dental laboratories. For example, an operating site may be provided in a dental laboratory, otherwise a server and / or database may be provided in the dental laboratory.

Hereinafter, the term "form frame" means a frame which is hollow in accordance with the shape of the object to be made. Particularly, the mold frame referred to in the present invention means a dental mold frame necessary for producing pores in a dental laboratory. Should be understood. It is usually made by an image of a dentist.

In the following, the term "dental restoration" should be understood as all kinds of porcelain made in dental laboratories. In particular, it should be understood as all kinds of porcelain made using a mold sent from a dentist.

Hereinafter, "NFC " is an abbreviation of" Near Field Communication ", which means a contactless communication technology as a kind of technology of a radio tag (RFID). Generally speaking, the frequency band of 13.56MHz is used, but it is possible to use various frequency bands such as 900Mhz and 125Khz, and there is no limit to the usable frequency band.

Hereinafter, "portable terminal" refers to a terminal of a size that can be carried by an individual. However, as described below, it is desirable that the portable terminal used in the manufacturing department of the dental laboratory is capable of NFC reading or is used with a separate NFC reader.

2. According to the present invention Dental surgery  Description of the system

2, a dental pore system according to the present invention will be described.

It is divided into a dental office (100), an administrative office (200), and a dental laboratory (300). However, this is only for explanation, and it is not necessarily the place where the dentist 100, the operator 200, and the dental laboratory 300 are physically separated. For example, it is noted that the server 210 or the database 220 may be located in the dentistry 100, and the dentistry 100 and the dental laboratories 300 may be located at the same place.

(1) Dentistry

In the dental appliance 100, the dental terminal 110 and the dental portable terminal 115 are located. Dentistry is the place where the mold (A) is made as described above.

The dental terminal 110 can transmit and receive data to and from the server 210 provided in the office 200.

Since the dental appliance 100 is a place for requesting the dental restoration D, the dental terminal 110 can input all the information necessary for making the dental restoration D when it is requested. Hereinafter, such information is referred to as "dental restoration information ". In other words, the dental terminal 110 may enter dental restoration information, which is transmitted to the server 210. [

The dental restoration information includes all kinds of information necessary for making the dental restoration (D). Teeth restoration material, and dental restoration form.

In addition, the dental restoration information may include a dental laboratory identifier. This is information that identifies the dental laboratories to be requested among a plurality of dental laboratories.

Meanwhile, in the dental clinic 100, the dental restoration information is transmitted to the server 210 and the mold A is manufactured according to a general procedure. In order to manufacture the dental restoration D through a separate procedure, 200).

The dental portable terminal 120 is used for easy information input and confirmation in the dentistry 100. The dental portable terminal 120 can be wired or wirelessly connected to the dental terminal 100 or directly or wirelessly with the server 210 of the office 200.

(2) Operator

In the office 200, a server 210 and a database 220 are located.

The server 210 manages the accounts that can access the system according to the present invention, and the standard process for each process of the dental restoration D is entered or modified, and information about the dental restoration information and the NFC tag B matching therewith To the database 220 or back it up.

(3) Dental laboratory

The dental laboratory 300 receives data such as the dental restoration information and the standard process from the server 210 of the office 200 and receives the form A from the dentistry 100 to manufacture the dental restoration D .

The dental laboratory 300 can be divided into a management department 310 and a production department 350. It need not be physically separated as described above.

The management unit 310 is a place for managing various duties of the dental laboratory 300 and includes an NFC generating terminal 311 and a dental laboratory management terminal 321.

The NFC generating terminal 311 is interlocked with the NFC generator 312 through which the dental restoration information is received from the server 210 and then the NFC tag B is generated to match the dental restoration information. The process of generating the NFC tag B by the NFC generator 312 is the prior art, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The generated NFC tag B is attached to the box C and transferred to the production department 350. More specifically, it is communicated to a selected producer among a plurality of producers of the production department 350. At this time, the box A delivered from the dentistry 100 is mounted on the box C and delivered. The production unit 350 then reads the NFC tag B attached to the box C by reading the box C using a separate portable terminal 355 to accurately mount the NFC tag B on the box C, It is possible to easily confirm all the information on the dental restoration (D) to be manufactured in conformity with the mold (A).

The dental laboratory management terminal 321 of the management department 310 is operated by an administrator account and stores all kinds of information required for the dental laboratory 300 and all kinds of information inputted from the dental lab 300, Can be identified and managed.

In particular, the dental laboratory management portable terminal 325 is used for easy input and confirmation of information. It can be wired or wirelessly connected to the dental laboratory terminal 321 or directly or wirelessly connected to the server 210 of the office 200.

The production department 350 carries the dental laboratory work station portable terminal 355 as a place where the actual tooth restoration D is manufactured.

When the box C is read by the portable terminal 355 of the dental laboratories production department, the maker can accurately recognize the NFC tag B attached to the box C When reading to the portable terminal 355 of the dental laboratory production department, pre-matched dental restoration information is output through the server 210.

The information output at this time includes the dental restorative material and shape. Also, a standard process stored in advance in the database 220 may be output together.

The manufacturer carries out the manufacturing process including the modeling process, the scanning process, the design process, the milling process, the ceramics forming process, the baking process and the polishing process step by step. When each process is completed, the mobile terminal 355 ), It is possible to input the completion of the process. This is delivered to the server 210 via the dental laboratory management terminal 321 or directly to the server 210. The management department 310 of the dental laboratory 100 or the dental laboratory 300 can confirm the current progress of the specific dental restoration D by suspending it.

When the production is completed, the manufacturer inputs through the portable terminal 355 of the dental laboratories production department the completion of the production, delivers the box C containing the dental restoration D to the management department 310, ) Delivers only the dental restoration (D) to the dentist (100).

At this time, the management unit 310 retrieves and initializes the box C and the NFC tag B attached thereto. However, the information on the restoration D of the dental restoration, that is, the restoration information of the dental restoration remains in the database 220, and the history is continuously managed even after the treatment in the dentistry 100 and the attachment to the patient.

3. According to the present invention Dental surgery  Explanation of method

3 to 5, a dental pore method according to the present invention will be described. Note that the methods described below are exemplary only, and you can modify or modify them as well.

(1) Fabrication of tooth restoration

The dental clinic 100 manufactures a mold A for a dental restoration D to be requested to manufacture (S110) and delivers the mold A to the dental laborator 300 (S120). At the same time, the dental restoration information is input through the dental terminal 110 (S130) and transmitted to the server 210 of the office 200.

At this time, it is described that the digital lifting device (S1100), which is a digital lifting device, can be applied to the production of the mold A for the dental restoration D, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

Preferably, the digiral impression (S1100) is three-dimensional solid oral scanning (3D oral scanning).

The application of such a 3D scanning (digial impression) (S1100) enables faster and more accurate oral scanning.

The dental restoration information transmitted to the server 210 of the operating unit 200 is transmitted to the management unit 310 of the dental lab 300 and stored in the database 220 at step S150.

The management unit 310 of the dental laboratory 300 generates an NFC tag B to match the dental restoration information transmitted from the server 210 and attaches it to the box C at S210, (A) to the production department 350 (S220).

The manufacturing department 350 of the dental laboratory 300 receives the box C containing the mold A and then reads the NFC tag B attached to the box C at step S310. At this time, the dental restoration information is transmitted from the server 210 and output through the dental laboratories production department portable terminal 355. Standard processes for each process may be output together (S320).

The manufacturing department 350 manufactures the dental restoration D based on the information and the mold A (S330). (340), and it is inputted through the portable terminal (355) of the dental laboratories production department at the completion of each process, and it is inputted through the manufacturing process, the scanning process, the designing process, the milling process, the ceramics forming process, And transmitted to the server 210 of the office 200.

In FIG. 4, it is also preferable that the dental restoration is checked before the delivery of the dental restoration after the firing and polishing processes are completed, and then the restoration is carried out.

It is also desirable that delivery be made once the final correction has been made.

In other words, if the contents requested by the dentist 100 are to be modified before the preparation of the dental restoration D is completed, the dentist 100 inputs the corrected restorative tooth information to the dental terminal 100 (S410 To the server 210 (S420) and this is transmitted to the management unit 310 and / or the manufacturing department 350 of the dental laboratory 300. [ The manufacturing department 350 can confirm this in real time and immediately reflect this on the production of the dental restoration D. [

The management unit 310 delivers the dental restoration D to the management unit 310 while the manufacturing unit 350 completes the production of the dental restoration D at step S510, (S530), and the NFC tag B attached to the box C is retrieved and initialized (S540).

(2) History management of tooth restoration

Even after the preparation of the dental restoration D is completed, the dental restoration information is not deleted from the database 220 but its history is managed.

The restoration information of the dental restoration that is stored at the time of completion of the production of the restoration of the teeth (D) includes information on the requested dentistry, the contents of the request from the dentist (i.e., the requested restoration material and form), the identifier of the dental laboratory requested by the dentist, The completion time of each step in the manufacture of the dental restoration, and the completion date of the restoration of the dental restoration. Each piece of information is as described above in connection with the production of the dental restoration (D).

Also, an image file such as a photograph of the dental restoration D photographed by the dental laboratory 300 after the completion of the production can also be stored.

Thereafter, the time of delivery of the finished restoration D of the dental restoration can be further stored, and if the restoration D of the dental restoration is performed on the patient, the date of the procedure and information on the patient can be further stored .

After completing the procedure with the dental restoration D, if the patient complains about the inconvenience of the dental restoration D, the dentist 100 can determine the problem You can see the part. For example, if the dental restoration material D is made of a material other than the dental restoration material requested by the dentist 100, it can be confirmed that the manufacturer of the dental workshop 300 is mistaken. If the request itself is wrong, ) Is a mistake.

The dentist 100 may continuously update the server 210 with related information such as a photograph of the dental restoration D during the treatment process after the treatment of the dental restoration D and this will function as effective data.

(3) Search for statistics

When the above-described information is accumulated, the management department 310 of the dental laboratory 100 and the dental laboratory 300 can obtain valid statistical data. For example, the following statistics can be obtained.

- Past / real-time requests for dental restorations

- Dental restorations by dental laboratories Past / Real-time production

- Dental Restoration by Maker Past / Real Time Production

- Average number of days of restoration of tooth restoration by dental laboratories

- Tooth restoration for each process flow

- by period schedule (eg, day / week / month / quarter / year)

- The worker's phenomenon

Needless to say, a large amount of statistical data of termination can be acquired based on the above-mentioned information in addition to the statistical data.

The statistical data may be checked at the dental office 100 through the dental terminal 110 and the dental portable terminal 120 and may be transmitted to the dental laboratory 300 through the dental laboratory management terminal 321 and the dental laboratory management portable terminal 325. [ .

Therefore, the dental clinic 100 and the dental laboratory 300 can confirm the degree of production of the restoration dental commissioned or requested through the portable terminal 120 or 321 at any time, It is possible to check the workload per work, and even if it is desired to modify the contents of the request, it can be easily corrected at any time and quickly and reflected promptly.

In the meantime, the present invention described above has introduced a management system of dental hospitals and dental laboratories, so that the director of the dental laboratories can check the current process and schedule delivery time, confirm the work assignment and result of the worker, , The analysis of dental prosthesis and the check of precautions, as well as confirmation and analysis of dental analysis data can be performed.

While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims. It will be appreciated that embodiments are possible. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present invention should be determined by the claims.

A: Mold
B: NFC tag
C: box
D: Tooth restoration
100: Dentistry
200: Operator
300: Dental laboratory
110: Dental terminal
115: Dental Portable Terminals
210: Server
220: Database
310: Dental laboratory management department
311: NFC generating terminal
312: NFC generator
321: Dental laboratory management terminal
325: Dental laboratory management portable terminal
350: Dental laboratory production department
355: Dental laboratory production department portable terminal

Claims (12)

A dental terminal (110) which is located in the dental appliance (100) and into which the dental restoration information is inputted;
A server 210 located in the operating site 200 and storing the dental restoration information in the database 220;
An NFC generating terminal 311 which is located in the dental laboratory 300 and receives the dental restoration information from the server 210 and generates an NFC tag B matching the dental restoration information through the NFC generator 312 );
A dental laboratory management terminal (321) located in a management department (310) which is a part of a dental laboratory (300) and receives the dental restoration information from the server (210); And
And a dental restoration D (D) associated with the box C to which the NFC tag B is attached and which can be read by the NFC tag B is located in the manufacturing department 350, which is another part of the dental laboratories 300, The dental laboratory work station portable terminal 355 capable of updating the dental restoration information matched to the lead NFC tag B by transmitting and receiving data between the server 210 and the dental laboratory management terminal 321 during manufacture, , ≪ / RTI &
The box C is to be mounted with the mold A and the corresponding dental restoration D and the NFC tag B is attached to and recoverable from the box C,
The dental laboratories production department portable terminal 355 transmits the dental restoration information to the server 210 and the dental restoration information received from the server 210 by the dental laboratory management terminal 321,
The information inputted from the dental terminal 110 and transmitted to the server 210 includes a dental laboratory identifier, a material and a form of the dental restoration D, an operation date of the dental restoration D,
The information inputted from the dental laboratory facility management terminal 321 and transmitted to the server 210 is information about the manufacturer of the dental restoration D, the image file of the dental restoration D, the delivery time point of the dental restoration D, ,
The information inputted from the portable terminal 355 of the dental laboratory production department and transmitted to the server 210 includes the completion of the dental restoration D according to the manufacturing process and the completion date of the dental restoration D,
The manufacturing process includes a model making process, a scanning process, a design process, a milling process, a ceramics forming process, a baking process and a polishing process,
Accordingly, the dental terminal 110 can perform real-time confirmation of the manufacturing process steps completed during fabrication of the tooth restoration D, which is statistically updated and updated on the server 210,
The dental laboratory management terminal 321 can view dental restoration information including a predetermined dental laboratory identifier, and the restored dental restoration information is stored in the manufacturing process for each dental restoration D and in the server 210 Includes standard processes for each process entered, and
The dental terminal 110 may modify some or all of the created dental restoration information,
The modified dental restoration information is stored in the database 220 via the server 210,
When the portable terminal 355 reads the NFC tag B matched with the corrected dental restoration information, the modified dental restoration information is output.
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