Navident obtains regulatory approvals for guiding root canal treatment
ClaroNav announced today that it has obtained Health Canada and CE Mark approvals to expand the indications for use of its dental navigation system, Navident, to include guiding any dental procedure. In the past, Navident, like other dental navigation systems, was limited for use in guiding the placement of dental implants. This is the first time a dental dynamic navigation system has been approved for such wide usage. What enabled this approval was a set of innovations ClaroNav introduced in its most recent product release, 2.2, which include additional software functions and hardware parts enabling sophisticated planning and navigation of drilling and cutting paths by any dental handpiece in any jaw.
The most exciting new application of Navident is in the field of endodontics where it provides guidance for complex root canal treatments and microsurgery. For root canals Navident enables drilling small holes to reach narrow, highly calcified canals, instead of ruining crowns in repeated attempts to reach a tiny canal opening deep in the tooth. Jason Pardo, ClaroNav’s VP Sales and Marketing, commented: “Navident enables carefully evaluating, planning and navigating root canal treatments and apicoectomy procedures with minimal invasiveness. This shortens chair time and reduces the number of patient appointments needed. Beyond the obvious benefits to convenience and efficiency, this reduces the likelihood of cross infection between patients and dental staff, an issue made critical by COVID that will likely remain critical in years to come.”
“We are making a long term commitment to endodontics” added Doron Dekel, ClaroNav’s Co-CEO. “We are developing novel technologies that would make root canal treatments easier, faster, safer, lower cost and more predictable for everyone involved. We also continue to engage our many pioneering dentist customers in an exploration of applications of novel navigation, robotics and deep learning technologies to their practices as they transition from old ‘arts and crafts’ techniques to meticulous digital planning and precise, yet flexible, delivery of the planned treatment.”