CAD/CAM Articles

• Full-Arch Restorations on CAD/CAM-Milled Titanium Bars—Part II

  Thomas Wade, CDT
  Inside Dental Technology - April 2012

  In this continuation of “Full-Arch Restorations on CAD/CAM-Milled Titanium Bars,” which appeared in the September 2011 issue of Inside Dental Technology, the author addresses the second stage of t...

• Digital Impressions and Stereolithographic Models

  Daniel Alter, CDT, MDT
  Inside Dental Technology - April 2012

  This article describes the process of digital impression taking for a stereolithographic model and its importance in attaining an optimal prosthesis.

• Twenty-Five Years of Innovation through Digital Imaging Technology

  Scott D. Ganz, DMD
  Inside Dentistry - April 2012

  From CBCT imaging to guided-surgery applications and CAD/CAM fabrication of restorative components

• Technology in a Dental School Curriculum

  James F. Simon, DDS, MSEd, Mojdeh Dehghan, DDS
  Inside Dentistry - March 2012

  James Simon discusses the growing role of technology in dental schools

• CAD/CAM Milling Units

  John Orfanidis, CDT
  Inside Dental Technology - February 2012

  A review of currently available CAD/CAM units for laboratories.

• Becoming a Bench Top Clinician

  Joshua Polansky, MDC, BA
  Inside Dental Technology - February 2012

  How do technicians restore a single central in a less than ideal situation? The answer is that we need to broaden our knowledge to the clinical side of dentistry, going beyond the technical.

• Sintering Furnaces

  Chris Brown, BSEE
  Inside Dental Technology - January 2012

  Given the recent dramatic increase in full-contour zirconia restorations, it would not be surprising to see more laboratories adding sintering furnaces to their assortment of production equipment.

• Chairside CAD/CAM: An Overview of Restorative Material Options

  Dennis J. Fasbinder, DDS, ABGD
  Compendium - January 2012

  This article will examine currently available materials designed for chairside CAD/CAM restorations and the various outcomes that are possible with this technologically advanced process.

• Monolithic Zirconia Crowns and Bridges

  Harry A. Long, DMD
  Inside Dentistry - January 2012

  A new all-ceramic CAD/CAM fabricated crown may be ready to replace the traditional PFM restoration.

• The CAD in CAD/CAM

  Patrick Bever, Chris Brown, BSEE
  Inside Dental Technology - October 2011

  Reveiw of available technology for CAD/CAM restorative dentistry.

• Digital Implant Planning Software

  Mark Jackson, RDT
  Inside Dental Technology - September 2011

  Integration of cone-beam CT scans with implant-scanning software offer laboratories greater precision in fabricating surgical guides and final restorative solutions

• Full-Arch Restorations on CAD/CAM-Milled Titanium Bars

  Thomas Wade, CDT
  Inside Dental Technology - September 2011

  Describes the role of impressions and screw-retained basebars in successfully delivering state-of-the-art restorative work.

• Digital Dentistry and the Lab-Doctor Relationship

  Jim Grant, DDS, Don Albensi, CDT
  Inside Dentistry - September 2011

  A discussion of how digital impression systems can improve accuracy and workflow, thereby increasing productivty and patient satisfaction

• 3D Printing and Laser Sintering Technologies

  Chris Brown, BSEE
  Inside Dental Technology - Jul/Aug 2011

  3d printing and laser sintering technologies dental laboratory industry

• Digital Impressioning

  Nathan S. Birnbaum, DDS, CAGS (Prosth)
  Inside Dentistry - Jul/Aug 2011

  2011 technology update on digital dental impressioning systems