Why Dental Implant Manufacturers Are Adding CT Scanning to Their Quality Process
Why Dental Implant Manufacturers Are Adding CT Scanning to Their Quality Process
The connection between a dental implant and its abutment is the single feature most tied to how the device performs once it’s placed: get the internal hex fit, thread engagement, and taper seating right, and the assembly stays mechanically stable and well-sealed.
Get any of them wrong, and the consequences show up later — as a mechanical failure, or as a support case that’s expensive and slow to trace back to a dimensional cause.
Verifying the connection as it will actually be used
CoreX brings that connection directly into the quality process, on the implant fully assembled with its abutment — not just on the two components measured separately before they’re put together.
In a recent scan of a fully assembled implant-and-abutment pair, the system reconstructed the complete internal geometry as a 3D dataset and ran an automated measurement routine straight from it: internal diameters, hex width across flats on two reference planes, the distance between internal reference features, and the seating angle at the taper.
Every measurement returned an automatic PASS/FAIL result against tolerance, a statistical trend with Cp/Cpk, and an exportable PDF report — ready to hand straight to quality documentation.
What CoreX adds to a production line
- Assembled-state verification: confirm the connection is within tolerance on the finished unit, not only on the individual turned parts.
- Familiar 2D readout: results can be reviewed slice by slice as 2D cross-sections, the same way your quality team already reads a profile — except a slice can be taken anywhere inside the part, including through an internal thread.
- Automated, repeatable reporting: nominal/tolerance setup once, then automated go/no-go routines with SPC trending and instant PDF reports — no manual write-up per part.
- Porosity detection in the same scan: relevant for manufacturers moving toward additively manufactured titanium implants, where internal voids are otherwise hard to catch.
- Self-shielded, shop-floor design: no dedicated X-ray room and no new department to build around the system.
- Results in minutes: no need to send parts to an external laboratory to inspect their quality, CoreX is designed to fit smoothly in the internal quality process.
- Native measurement and reporting software: no separate, costly third-party license required to get full functionality.
Built to fit into an existing quality process
Tolerances are set once, measurement routines run automatically, and results come back in a clear go/no-go, statistically trended format, ready to hand to quality. The analysis software is included natively, with no separate, costly third-party package required to unlock full measurement and reporting functionality.
Results are read the same way a quality team already reads them today on optical measuring machines: as 2D cross-sections, one slice at a time.
The only change is that a slice can now be taken anywhere inside the assembly, not just where a camera can see — including straight through the internal thread.
The same scan can also flag internal porosity within the metal itself — a check that matters increasingly as more implant manufacturers move toward additively manufactured titanium components, where sub-surface voids are a real internal defect that’s otherwise very difficult to catch.
See it on your own part
Nothing here is theoretical: every measurement described above came from a single scan of a real, assembled implant on a CoreX Micro.
Curious what a CT scan of your own implant assembly would reveal? Request a demo and send us a sample part.
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FAQs
Q: What is the CoreX Shopfloor CT?
A: The CoreX is an industrial CT machine by READY Metrology designed for use directly on the production floor, with a low learning curve, fast setup, and software built for operators — not metrology specialists.
Q: How does the CoreX 2D software show measurement results?
A: The new interface uses color-coded indicators next to each measured dimension, making it immediately clear which values are in tolerance and which are not — no expertise required.
Q: Can the CoreX detect production drift?
A: Yes. The integrated trend chart allows operators to monitor how measurements evolve across multiple parts, helping detect gradual process deviations before they result in scrap.