MW DenTech
Barcelona, Spain
Joint-guided mandibular position planning for clinician-selected TMJ-sensitive restorative, orthodontic and full-mouth rehabilitation cases.
AxisGuide is a staged digital planning workflow that uses MRI measurement of disc displacement amount and direction, CBCT and intraoral scans to simulate a proposed mandibular position. A 3D-printed localizator is designed from the interarch space at that position, so the clinician can verify joint response, disc-condyle relationship and symptoms before provisional occlusal reconstruction is trialed.
For straightforward splint or functional appliance requests where the bite position is already defined by the clinician.
Typical outputMichigan splints, deprogrammers, stabilization splints, night guards, bite ramps, and production files.
For complex cases where the mandibular position itself must be evaluated before orthodontic or restorative reconstruction.
Typical outputMRI displacement-vector review, mandibular movement simulation, 3D-printed localizator design, verification references, provisional occlusal setup, and orthodontic or restorative reconstruction references.
The workflow does not start from a conventional bite rim. MRI measurements define the disc displacement vector, mandibular movement is simulated digitally, and a printed localizator carries that proposed position for clinician-led symptom and MRI verification before a provisional occlusal reconstruction is trialed.
MRI, CBCT, intraoral scans, clinical symptoms, photos and rehabilitation goals are aligned into one planning context.
The amount and direction of disc displacement are measured from MRI and translated into a planning vector for the proposed mandibular position.
The mandible is simulated into the proposed position, with interarch space, condylar references and occlusal clearance reviewed digitally.
A 3D-printed localizator is designed from that interarch space so the clinician can check disc-condyle relationship, MRI verification and symptoms.
If verification is stable, provisional teeth or a temporary occlusal reconstruction can test MIP contacts, dynamic occlusion, canine guidance and anterior guidance.
The verified position can then guide orthodontic occlusal reconstruction, definitive restorative reconstruction, or a combined treatment sequence.
The planned interarch space is translated into a CAD-designed position carrier for clinical verification, not a generic splint.
The proposed mandibular position is documented against skull references, intraoral scans and condylar references before the localizator is fabricated.
The provisional setup can be reviewed against planned MIP static contacts before dynamic occlusion, canine guidance and anterior guidance are refined.