1Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, National Dental College, Dera Bassi, Distt. Mohali, Punjab, India
2Reader, Department of Prosthodontics, Surendera Dental College, Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, India
3Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Govt. Dental College, Amritsar, Punjab, India
*Corresponding author: Dr. Anu Girdhar, Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, National Dental College, Dera Bassi, Distt. Mohali, Punjab, India
Online published on 1 May, 2021.
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.
CAD/CAM, Digitizing, Marginal integrity, Dental materials
