by Drs Radi Masri and Carl F. Driscoll
ISBN:9781119800583 • Hardcover • 400 pages • 2nd edition
Clinical Applications of Digital Dental Technology discusses a wide range of digital technologies, including indications, contraindications, advantages, limitations and applications. This important text shows how to use digital dentistry in daily practice across all specialties.
Discussed in detail are digital imaging, digital impressions, digital prosthodontics, digital implant planning and placement, and digital applications in endodontics, orthodontics and oral surgery. Each chapter is written by experts and covers applications for prosthodontics, implant dentistry, oral surgery, endodontics, orthodontics, and other specialty areas.
Clinical Applications of Digital Dental Technology includes information on:
• Software, scanning, and manufacturing capabilities that have led to a major paradigm shift in all aspects of dentistry
• Digital radiography, virtual planning, computer-aided design and manufacturing, digital impressions, digitally fabricated dentures, and the “virtual patient”
• Available technologies, plus a critical evaluation of each across all specialties
• Developing technologies with special attention to those expected to be on the market in the near future.
This is an essential resource for general dentists, specialists, and students who need to understand digital dentistry and incorporate it into their practices. The text is useful for laboratory technicians interested in recent digital advances.