Digital teaching concept
Based on your vision, we create a modern learning environment with state-of-the-art equipment and features designed especially for educational use of university clinics. Our unmatched digital teaching concept offers the most advanced tools for modern dental education. The end result is an inspiring learning environment for students and a costefficient teaching model for dental institutions.
Dental and simulation units
Planmeca’s wide range of digital dental units includes a simulation unit for dental education.
CAD/CAM
Powerful educational CAD/CAM tools to future dentists from fast scanning to sophisticated designing and efficient manufacturing.
Imaging
Advanced 3D and 2D imaging equipment that offer a fascinating way to initiate students into the future of imaging, always at a low patient dose.
Software
The most comprehensive dental software available, featuring various tools for all specialties from diagnosis to treatment planning.
Preclinical solutions
We offer different simulation solutions for all educational needs. Our approach is to create a modern learning environment that simulates real treatment situations and provides a smooth transition from preclinical to clinical work. All our solutions are suitable for teaching both two and fourhanded dentistry and instantly convertible from right to lefthanded use.
Planmeca dental unit in clinical environment
With Planmeca dental unit in clinical environment, simulations can be carried out with a phantom head or with a simulation head and torso. This solution offers flexible utilisation of space – the same clinic can be used for simulation and for normal treatments.
Planmeca simulation unit
Planmeca’s dental simulation unit helps students learn the correct working ergonomics and master proper infection control routines from day one. The modular design fits into any room layout and provides a smooth transition from preclinical to clinical work.
Intraoral imaging simulation
Our intraoral X-ray unit can be installed in a special lead-lined cabinet. Students can easily and safely practise intraoral techniques using a phantom head together with our intraoral sensors or imaging plates. The cabinet provides safe X-ray acquisition in the classroom and teaches the real workflows in endodontics and other special fields. The images are immediately available in the Planmeca Romexis® software.
All-in-one software advantages for universities
At the heart of all Planmeca products is our world-leading Romexis software that meets all the imaging, CAD/CAM and digital dental equipment management needs set by any dental education facility.
Integration
- Integration with practice management systems
- Integration with major educational systems like Axium and Salud
- Automatic exchange of referrals, images and interpretations
- Integration with various specialty software: Dolphin 3D, Simplant, NobelClinician
Modern learning environment
- Combination of 2D, CBCT, 3D photo and CAD/CAM to create lifelike virtual patients
- Training of realistic treatment workflows with an intraoral simulation unit in classroom
- Planmeca mRomexis™ imaging application for iOS and Android devices
Built-in security and quality assurance
- Infection control
- Radiology process to enforce radiation hygiene
- Electronic approvals and gates
- Full audit trail with powerful reporting tools
- Powerful user and group management with Active Directory support
Automatic student performance metrics
- Dental unit instrument use
- Automatic X-ray exposure values
- Integrated reject analysis
- Digital comparison of student preparations with teacher benchmarks
Radiology approval process
Planmeca’s digital imaging solutions offer new teaching possibilities in radiology as well as improved radiation hygiene. The Romexis radiology approval process prevents unauthorised use of all radiation-emitting devices and guarantees a safe learning process.
Planmeca Romexis® Compare evaluation tool
Planmeca Romexis® Compare is a powerful self-assessment tool that enables students to evaluate and measure their work individually against a master template. From learning dental morphology through virtual digital waxing to comparing their work to their instructor’s chosen ‘ideal’ – students get detailed objective feedback so they can focus on perfecting their clinical skills.
Workflow with Planmeca Romexis Compare
Scan
- Open-architecture plug-and-play scanner/laptop-based system for portability and flexibility in a dental school environment
- High-definition, video-like scanning technology for fast, efficient, and high-quality scanning
Compare
- Designed to assist in evaluating students’ work
- Immediate and objective feedback to faculty and students
- Provides students with a self-assessment evaluation tool
- Resolves faculty evaluation discrepancies
- Reduces time wasted in discussions of grade legitimacy, providing faculty with more time to focus on instructing students
Evaluate
- Allows calculating numerical evaluations based on faculty-controlled standards to provide truly objective outcomes
- Allows gathering data and metrics for each student’s preparation – possible to save in a spreadsheet format
Better daily operations through information
All Planmeca dental units can be connected to Planmeca Romexis® Clinic Management software. It collects information of all dental unit usage and thus acts as a practical tool for student evaluation and scientific research. It allows storing personal dental unit settings, such as chair positions and instrument settings, and enables applying specified user restrictions for different user groups (e.g. more advanced options for post-graduate students).
Network of partner companies for specialised and complimentary solutions
In addition to our own products and services, we have a long history of working together with an extensive network of companies that provide specialised and complimentary solutions regarding, for example, water quality, haptic simulations and video streaming.