The Intraoral Transfer Concept demonstrates how digital planning and clinical reality can be meaningfully integrated in the dental office. A digital workflow based on scan–design–print delivers precision and efficiency, but only intraoral validation makes functional quality verifiable in the patient’s mouth. This is exactly where the chairside approach comes into play: validated information is fed directly back into the ongoing digital process.
How the concept works
Dr. Volker Knorr combines digital processes with clinical control. Instead of relying solely on datasets, try-ins, provisionals, or an individual impression tray are fabricated chairside or in-house and verified intraorally. This creates a reliable transfer between planning, fabrication, and real function.
- Plan and manufacture digitally.
- Produce functional intermediate structures such as provisionals or try-ins in-house.
- Verify intraorally and feed the results back into the digital workflow.
Abbildung 1 / Figure 1: Initial situation
Abbildung 2 / Figure 2: 3D filament-printed provisional
Benefits for the dental office
For the dental office, this approach provides greater confidence in the chairside process, faster alignment between digital design and clinical validation, and streamlined use of 3D printers for dental offices. This is particularly relevant for functional intermediate structures, which can be integrated directly into the treatment workflow without post-processing.
The result is a practice-oriented digital workflow that is not only efficient but also reliably reflects clinical reality — because ultimately, the patient remains the best articulator.
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