CAD/CAM Articles

• Stand-Alone Scanning Systems Simplify Intraoral Digital Impressioning

  James M. Stein, DMD
  Inside Dentistry - May 2012

  A review of the four available digital impression taking systems

• Chairside CAD/CAM

  Dennis J. Fasbinder, DDS, ABGD
  Inside Dentistry - May 2012

  A review of material options for CAD/CAM dentistry

• 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.

• 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.