CAD/CAM Articles

• CAD Scanners and Design Software

  Robert Nazzal
  Inside Dental Technology - Jul/Aug 2012

  Using dental scanners and software for your dental lab

• Additive Technology

  Jack Marrano, CDT
  Inside Dental Technology - Jul/Aug 2012

  Article takes a look at the different types of additive technology products used in the lab

• Evolutionary Treatment for Restorative Dentistry

  Dennis J. Fasbinder, DDS, ABGD
  Inside Dental Technology - May 2012

• Additive Manufacturing

  Patrick Dunne
  Inside Dental Technology - April 2012

  This article will consider the impact of these additive manufacturing technologies, their current fit as new tools to automate workflow, the potential disruptive impact on the industry in general, and...

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 3D Printing and Laser Sintering Technologies

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

  3d printing and laser sintering technologies dental laboratory industry

• Scanning the Field

  Len Chamberlain
  Inside Dental Technology - June 2011

  Key considerations that should make it onto every laboratory owner's 3-D scanner shopping list

• Building Blocks

  Russel A. Giordano II, DMD, CAGS, DMSc
  Inside Dental Technology - May 2011

  An overview of the various types of machinable blocks for laboratory-based CAD/CAM systems