CAD/CAM Articles

• 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

• The Rush to Digitize

  Pam Johnson
  Inside Dental Technology - May 2011

  New developments that will propel dentistry even farther on the digital highway

• Making a New Impression - Digitizing the oral environment or the physical impression offers the dentist and a laboratory a promising opportunity

  Chris Brown, BSEE
  Inside Dental Technology - April 2011

  Digitizing the oral environment or the physical impression offers the dentist and laboratory a promising opportunity.

• CAD/CAM Dentures?

  Dennis Lanier, CDT
  Inside Dental Technology - March 2011

  Experiment with 3-D printing technology and denture design software take fully-automated production processes a step closer to reality

• Smart Shopping

  Chris Brown, BSEE
  Inside Dental Technology - February 2011

  Major factors to consider before making a CAM milling machine purchase

• The Future of Chairside

  Inside Dental Technology - February 2011