Hi everyone! Welcome to my blog and thank you for visiting. This is my first blog and I am super excited to be a part of the community. As a new student, who has decided to make a career change, I look forward to sharing and exploring ideas with you all.
Working in the dental profession for 11 years, most of my technical expertise is concentrated within the health industry. I have proficient experience working with radiographics, Cadcam, and TSCAN (or Tekscan) technology. Specifically in the area of radiology, I am certified to collect, process and translate 2D and 3D data for diagnostic purposes. Many people are familiar with radiography and how useful it is for patients and health professionals, but I would like to share more with you about Cadcam and Tekscan.
Cadcam technology is something fairly new to the dental field, with early prototypes clumsily emerging in the mid 80's. This technology allows the operator to use a compact, mobile laser to scan a real-world object on multiple planes and angles, achieving a precise 3D rendering. In this case, the object of interest would be your tooth. After a few design modifications for aesthetics and fit, a separate milling machine manufactures a solid restoration from the rendering. After many years and much improvement, Cadcam technology has become an important part of dentistry by increasing work efficiency while minimizing laboratory costs.
Tekscan technology is something that I find particularly exciting. It is a pressure mapping system which, in the dental industry, is used for mostly diagnostic purposes. This ultra useful technology makes visualizing pressure data easy. A sensor is used to record pressure and movements which are being applied to it. In dentistry, the pressure would be from your jaw and your opposing teeth. The recordings are then played back as video and can be analyzed at each moment. Much like a heat map, different colors indicate individual levels of psi overlaid onto models of the object being evaluated. These visualizations allow for improved patient awareness and allow health professionals to make accurate and confident diagnostic records.
A love and curiosity for new technology has led me back to academia. Beginning with Mathematics for a solid foundation, my goal is to follow through with a degree in Aeronautics. For a long time now, I have dreamt of working for a company such as Google, SpaceX, Boeing or NASA, and make a significant contribution to society. I have great interest in the area of computer science and find the most exciting thing to be the constant push forward of information and development. With enough information, it seems anything is possible! With my skill set, I will be able to recognize important problems, gather data, conduct experiments and work together with others to find a solution to the problem.
I have included a few links if anyone is still curious about Cadcam or Tekscan technology.
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