2020 Volume 39 Issue 1 Pages 41-45
Recently, the digitization of dentistry has progressed rapidly, and the content of treatment has changed markedly due to data processing. Regarding the production of prosthetic devices, the introduction of dental CAD/CAM technology has enabled high-precision, high-quality treatments to be implemented, and new materials can be used, providing numerous benefits for patients and dentist. The use of intraoral scanners avoids the disconfort of conventional impression-taking and promotes infection prevention, preservation, and transmission of intraoral information. On the other hand, for the milling machine and additive manufacturing machine, the selection of materials according to the type of restoration and the purpose of use is a key point, and this is especially true with the use of 3D printers. Digital dentistry has a major impact on the future dental treatment process and fusion with empirical skills that have been cultivated from the past will attract attention as dentistry that can be disseminated throughout the world.
