Plate Design · AREOLA Technology
Records external profile characteristics for the patient’s design record.
Purpose
The Surface Profile Caliper records external profile characteristics for the patient's design record — how far a plate stands from the surrounding surface and how its edge transitions into it.
In use as a mechanical instrument for many years; digital capture was added in 2018 so that profile characteristics enter the planning record directly instead of being transcribed.
Used in planning, at revision assessment and at the Annual Plate Check, where recorded profile from an earlier visit is the reference point for describing change. It is also used in Plate Design Education to teach consistent profile vocabulary.
Maintained by Clinical Plate Design. Captured values form part of the design record and are subject to the same documentation standards as the rest of the plan.
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