Volume 7 Issue 5 ( September - October ), 2021

Review Articles

The Scope and Futuristic Approach of Digitalization in Prosthodontics
Renu Gupta, Aakriti Nag, Divy Vashisht

Dentistry can be dated back to eighteenth century, and the dental equipment consisted of hand driven and later water driven motors. From then there has been a long journey to achieve the contemporary paraphernalia. With the passing years and the endless growth in research, emerged a gamut of options in dentistry. The impact of digital technology in prosthodontics is immense, let it be in the clinical and lab procedures like use of CAD-CAM technology, stereolithograph, rapid prototyping, use of virtual articulators and digital facebows, digital radiographs or in the field of training, education and research by the use of virtual patient programs, dental software, optoelectronic recording of jaw motion, retention testing device, audiovisual aids, the list will remain endless.

 
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