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prosthesis between the dentist’s office and the laboratory, there is now a
new paradigm in which the laboratory can manufacture the prosthesis
consistently and uninterruptedly, given that trials and verifications are
performed on “disposable” copies which can also be delivered to the
patient temporarily.

CONCLUSiONS
The advantages of the digital technique widely exceed the high costs
Fig 9 and time required for the integration in the dentist’s office and in the
dental laboratory.
in terms of time for training the dentist’s office and laboratory team to Having been confirmed for decades now, this makes it impossible
use the instruments, machines and software. As a matter of fact, using to follow only analogue and ignore digital techniques. Those who have
these technologies require learning new skills that are not yet widely adopted digital techniques and fully integrated them in their work
covered in most education and academic programmes. In addition, process are already enjoying the benefits of this investment both from
training activity is currently entirely left to private initiatives, often an efficiency and quality standpoint, and this subsequently leads to
influenced by financial interests of the companies promoting these economic benefits. n
training events.

DEBATE
The advantages of CAD-CAM have been objective and clear for
several years now both for the patient and for the dentist and the
dental technical team.
The skepticism still harbored by some operators of the dental
industry probably arises from attempts without sufficient training, aBoUt tHe aUtHoR
and use of instruments that are insufficiently accurate with respect
to the standards required for supported and non-supported dental
prosthesis.
Every year, both for dental laboratories and for dental clinics,
there is a gradual but consistent transition from analogue techniques
to increasingly wider and extensive digital techniques. The ultimate
beneficiaries of these advancements are the patients, who receive a
swifter, more efficient, and a notably accurate level of care.
Another advantage of the digital technique lies in the fact that even
if there was a production error, we can overcome it without having Domenico Benagiano, DDS
to start the production process afresh, therefore cutting costs and Co-Author:
reducing treatment durations. Claudia Salerno, DDS
Instead of a workflow that requires physical transportation of the

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