State of the art article

Dec 20

Dental photography: Why? What? How? Part 1 Why? The role of dental photography in daily practice

Oprea Bogdan 1
1 University Lucian Blaga Sibiu, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sibiu, Romania

Digital Dental Photography (DDP) represents a must-have instrument for all dentists in their daily activities. Nowadays, DDP represents a tool that is no longer reserved for a select small number of dentists but is accessible to every practitioner. Although the number of dentists who use DDP daily is increasing, there is much hesitance, many questions, and resistance regarding the introduction of dental photography in daily practice.
This series of articles aims to demystify all the misconceptions related to the DDP and offer readers a transparent image of how DDP can become the most powerful tool for their offices. All the “mysterious” terms related to the DDP will be explained, and simple protocols that can be easily incorporated in any dental office in daily practice will be presented.
This article is the first in a five-part series dedicated to DDP.
Part 1 defines the role of DDP in daily practice covering the four significant indications: documentation, communication, education, and marketing.

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This entry was posted in State of the art article, Volume 5 Issue 2 , December 2022 on December 20, 2022
Jun 18

Compendium of current ceramic materials used for the CAD/CAM dentistry.

Kristýna Hynková 1,2, Iva Voborná 2, Bernard Linke 1, Liran Levin 1
1 School of Dentistry, University of Alberta, Canada
2 Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Nowadays, patients require the highest quality of treatment, but generally prefer to spend as little time as possible in the dental chair. Therefore, there is significant benefit for using new technologies such as CAD/CAM (computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing), which provides both quality and speed. There is an increase in ceramic materials and ceramic blocks/discs available, with varying properties. This has resulted in some confusion and difficulty in making an informed decision about which material is best for a specific clinical situation. The objective of this review is to provide an overview and comparison of basic mechanical properties of currently used CAD/CAM ceramic materials based on a review of the currently available literature.

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This entry was posted in State of the art article, Volume 4, Issue 1, June 2021 on June 18, 2021