2022 Volume 14 Issue 2 Pages 115-123
It has been eight years since CAD/CAM indirect resin crowns were included in the national health insurance in Japan. During this period, members of the Japanese Society of Prosthodontics have been accumulating basic research data and clinical evidence to improve this treatment. This paper summarizes the results of the research, including “currently recommended bonding procedures” and “overall clinical outcomes”, and proposes “appropriate clinical techniques” and “principal patient explanations” based on the latest data and evidence. A wide range of factors contribute to the success of CAD/CAM indirect resin crown treatment, and dentists need to manage them comprehensively. In addition, we would like to examine the existing dogma that needs to be changed, and to attain close collaboration among the medical practice, industry, government, academia and private sector in order to disseminate this new metal-free treatment from Japan.
