Advances in Digital Dentistry

2 PPG Place,Pittsburgh PA 15222

23 September, 2021

Description

Learn how to make your dental practice more technologically advanced with Straumann’s latest digital solutions. Learning Objectives: • Recognize how to incorporate recent technological advances as part of the treatment plan • Understand how digital impressions can help create an accurate final restoration • Understand the materials and processes available for CAD/CAM restorations • Identify cases where guided surgery planning would be helpful for implant placement Digital dentistry is changing the way general dentists, surgeons, and laboratory technicians interact with one another and treatment plan. Incorporation of CAD/CAM technology for restorative solutions can help deliver natural-looking, esthetic results for patients. Connectivity between current CAD/CAM scanners and intra-oral scanners allows the restorative doctor to take a digital impression, make any occlusal modifications chair side, and send the file to the laboratory to design the restoration. This program will review recent advances in digital technology; the increasing importance of the partnership between the dentist and the lab; the differences between various materials used for copings and abutments; surgical planning software for implant placement and restoration; and the many benefits available to the treatment team when using digital dentistry solutions.