Role of Digital Dentistry

Digital dentistry has contributed great changes in the way of practice. It makes the clinicians work easy. Digital dentistry refers to the use of dental technologies or devices that incorporates digital or computer- controlled components to carry out dental procedures rather than using mechanical or electric tool.

Digital Dentistry Technologies:

Intra- oral cameras
CAD/CAM
- Computer- aided implant dentistry including design and fabrication of surgical guides
- Computer- aided crown manufacturing
3D printing (intraoral scans, surgical guide etc)
Digital radiography
- CBCT (cone beam computed tomography)
- MRI
- CT
Electric and surgical implant handpiece
Photography (intraoral and extraoral)
Practice and patient record management software- including digital patient education
Shade matching
Dental lasers
Digital x- rays (RVG)
Dental loupes and microscope

Advantages:

Reduces the number of steps in impression making and minimizes errors.
Simplifies workflow between the clinician and a dental lab assistant.
It is a quick and painless task.
Improved efficiency- both cost and time.
Improved image quality increases high vision making the treatment precise and accurate.

Disadvantages:

The initial cost associated with the digital equipment is the major disadvantages.
Direct sensors are hard and flexible like a film or any other impression material.
Lack of desire to adapt new dental technology and misunderstanding of new technologies.

Introducing 3 SHAPE TRIOS intra- oral scanner at Dr. Sachdeva’s Dental Institute:

We, at Dr. Sachdeva’s Dental institute believe in providing quality treatment to the patients. Quality can be well maintained by bringing some changes according to the new advancements in the dental equipments. 3 shape Trios intra- oral scanner can secure the treatment by making it fast and easy, certainly more advantageous to the patient in terms of saving time.