Process for manufacturing customized facemasks for the treatment of malocclusion

Process for manufacturing customized facemasks, especially for the treatment of Class III malocclusions, the process comprising:

• producing respective impressions (1′, 2′) of a patient's forehead and chin, to record an anatomic structure thereof, using impression materials;
• producing respective 3D digital images of the patient's forehead and chin through a 3d-scanning of said forehead and chin impressions (1′, 2′);
• 3D printing of customized forehead and chin pads (1, 2);
• detecting the patient's side profile line (3′) from a side picture of the patient's face;
• 3D printing of a midline rod modelled according to said profile line;
• and
• assembling said forehead and chin pads and said midline rod into a facemask featuring a facial frame providing retention to elastic bands connectable to an intraoral appliance,
• wherein, in the forehead pad (1) a temperature sensor is inserted while a pressure sensor is embedded into the chin pad (2).