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Article: VIRTUES OF VIRTUAL
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- Dental Lab Products
- Article date:
- August 1, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright Advanstar Communications, Inc. Aug 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Digital impression-taking systems and electronic data transmission are changing the model of dentistry.
Creating dental restorations conventionally has always been a very tactile, hands-on, physically laborious process for both the dentist and laboratory technician. From impression-taking to hand-pouring the model to porcelain buildup, each step in the process requires touching and examining a physical representation of the case.
Today, with the advent of digital impression-taking systems, Internet portals, and CAD/CAM technology, some traditional physical fabrication steps have gone virtual. New advancements in digital technologies are now available that could one day eliminate not just ...