DIGITAL ADVANCES IN OPERATIVE DENTISTRY

Today digital technologies are disrupting dentistry at an unprecedented pace. This technological revolution is changing the landscape of the dental profession in terms of the treatments available, the training needed to perform those treatments and the jobs involved in conducting the treatments. We are currently witnessing how dental techniques that are decades or even centuries old are becoming obsolete overnight through a rapid cycle in which new technologies replace old ones just to be replaced again as soon as a newer technology arrives. One of the most significant benefits of digital technology in dentistry is the ability tostreamline processes that can be cumbersome via the analogue way. The biggest incentive about creating more efficiency in a dental practice is the ability to provide consistent high-quality dentistry while decreasing costs for the patient. This is going to take the dental profession in to a whole new level of automation that will close the gap between digital acquisition with modern technologies and computer-aided manufacturing technique.