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Compacted Care Beyond the Clinic: Designing and Implementing a Portable Dental Unit (PDU) for Remote and Mobile Services

Abstract

For the sake of all those who need dental care in various places, this article presents the rationale for designing and implementing a portable dental unit and finding new and more modern ways to manufacture and evaluate it as well.

This device gives priority to durability, portability of the device in different work environments, infection control, and safety. The basic components include, but are not limited to, the air pressure system, the water tank, the Arduino microcontroller to control and manage the pressure, the electrical valves and filters that are subject to international standards, the foot switch, and the device’s control panel. The handpiece assembly in this dental unit, which includes the electric motor handle, the triple syringe, the high-speed turbine, and the low-speed turbine, allows for a variety of dental treatments. 

The effectiveness of the dental unit was confirmed through its experiment by specialists at Al Noor University in May 2023. Dr. Al Qubais Al Assaf, who supervised the examination, confirmed the effectiveness of the unit in delivering water and compressed air, in addition to its successful design, the ease of carrying and transporting the device, and the ease of its installation, in addition to its durability and resistance to aging Infection and protective functions. Dr. Al-Assaf also spoke about the importance of the mobile dental unit to provide dental care in remote areas or in cases where individuals cannot reach scientific clinics.

Country : Iraq

1 Younus Jasim Taha Al-Taha2 Karam Hussein Jasim Al-Bahar3 Marwa Mawfaq Mohamedsheet Al-Hatab

  1. Technical Engineering College of Mosul, Northern Technical University (NTU), Mosul, Iraq
  2. Technical Engineering College of Mosul, Northern Technical University (NTU), Mosul, Iraq
  3. Technical Engineering College of Mosul, Northern Technical University (NTU), Mosul, Iraq

IRJIET, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2024 pp. 62-70

doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2024.807006

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