A Paradigm Shift in Prosthodontics: Analog to Digital

Abstract

Evolution happens in our everyday lifestyles in each field and prosthodontics is no exception to it. A new technology of sufferers is predicted to have new aspirations and desires. To fulfill these desires, it is our obligation to be updated with each expertise and capabilities about new developments in prosthodontics, so that these aspirations can be met. Although conventional techniques have worked satisfactorily for decades, with the growth of digital dentistry, conventional methods have become redundant. Digital methods are more accurate, efficient, less time-consuming, simpler, faster, and believed to have a better potential than conventional methods. This paper gives perception of trends and standards applied in modern prosthodontics and how they have an edge with the existing traditional or conventional methods used in the field.

Keywords

• computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing
• nanotechnology
• prosthodontics
• tissue engineering