Digital Dentistry (eBook)

An indispensable introduction to using digital technology in dentistry

Digital Dentistry: A Step-by-Step Guide and Case Atlas provides basic information on the use of digital resources to find a diagnosis, create a treatment plan, and execute that strategy within different dental specialisms.

This manual includes the science behind all procedures that use digital technology and provides a clinical step-by-step guide toward the use of these developments for every dental specialty area. Users will find a wide range of areas covered, from prosthodontics, restorative dentistry, and endodontics to oral and maxillofacial surgery and public health. This book also includes:

* A guide to all current basic digital imaging and CAD-CAM procedures, with an emphasis on the most popular systems and software programs.

* An atlas of multidisciplinary cases that were treated with digital dentistry, from diagnosis and treatment planning to execution and follow-up, in order of complexity

* Assessment of the scientific basis for using digital dentistry in each category

* A presentation of clinical cases to support the use of digital methodologies in all relevant scenarios

* An exploration of the role of digital dentistry in dental public health, preventive dentistry, and dental education

Ideal for dental clinicians--general practitioners and specialists--as well as all other dental professionals, such as dental technologists, dental hygienists, and dental students, Digital Dentistry: A Step-by-Step Guide and Case Atlas is an essential tool and reference work to help dental practitioners streamline and update their practice with the most up-to-date technologies.