Annals and essences of dentistry

  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 3

CAD/CAM in Dental Restorations: An Overview

  • Author:
  • Sneha S. Mantri, Abhilasha S. Bhasin
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 114 to 119

Department of Prosthodontics, Hitkarini Dental College and Hospital, Jabalpur - 482001 (Madhya Pradesh) India

Abstract

In the last two decades, exciting new developments in dental materials and computer technology have led to the success of dental computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology. CAD/CAM is proving to be a valuable image enhancer, production booster and profit generator. Highly sophisticated chair side and laboratory CAD/CAM systems have been introduced. This article provides an overview of various CAD/CAM systems.

Keywords

CAD/CAM, Digitizing, Marginal integrity, Dental materials