CAD/CAM Dentistry
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CAD/CAM Dentistry, (Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Dentistry), is an area of Dentistry utilizing an imaging camera, a computer, and a mill to produce Fixed Dental Prosthetics, (Dental Crowns and Bridges). There are a variety of available dental lab systems which include 3M ESPE Lava and Sirona Cerec. Complementing this, a variety of available and in development chair side systems include E4D Dentist and Cerec 3D.
This is an interesting time in CAD/CAM Dentistry. We are now at the cusp of a permanent change from a small dedicated, interesting and often eccentric group of Dentists, (and Dental Lab Technicians) using these early CAD/CAM Dentistry System to an explosion of Dentists and Lab Technicians using these tools in their daily practice lives.
