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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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Computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing in dentistry – Future is present
Vidya K Shenoy, M Bharath Prabhu
Department of Prosthodontics, AJ Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Vidya K Shenoy
Department of Prosthodontics, AJ Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2229-5194.173229
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Computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) restorations have developed at rapid pace since their introduction offering accuracy and more options. The paradigm shift from traditional techniques to CAD/CAM technology has brought about a revolutionary change in the way the restorations are fabricated. Impression techniques, burnout oven, and casting machines have been replaced by model scanning and CAD/CAM milling machines. Keyboards, monitors, and cursors have replaced Bunsen burners, wax, and carving instrument to fabricate crown and bridge prosthesis. CAD/CAM technology offers automated production, patient comfort, esthetically pleasing and strong restorations and cost-effectiveness to laboratories.
CLINICAL RELEVANCE TO INTERDISCIPLINARY DENTISTRY
- Computer-aided design/computer.aided manufacturing technology is now a viable, predictable, and efficient alternative to traditional methods for fabrication of dental restorations
- It has innumerable clinical applications including fabrication of indirect restorations, occlusal splints, implant prosthodontics, maxillofacial prosthodontics, and orthodontics.
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