CAD/CAM technology: computers an the service of aesthetic dentistry

CAD/CAM technology is an abbreviation for the following:

CAD – Computer-Aided Design
CAM – Computer-Aided Manufacturing

The essence of this method is the following:

• The dentist makes an impression of the prepared tooth
• Based on the impression, the tooth technician makes a model
• A laser scans the model, and the data thus received appears in the computer as the perfect digital copy of the model
• The prosthesis' frame and shape are made graphically, in the computer
• We send the plan of the frame into our center
• The computer, like a robot, sculpts the requested frame out of a zirconium-oxide block with extreme precision – thus the prosthesis is perfectly precise.
• The technician builds the normal covering ceramic layer by layer, he colours it and changes it according to the needs of the dentist and the patient
• The dentist fixes the perfectly aesthetic and lifelike prosthesis onto the polished tooth stump

Advantages of prosthesis made with this technique:

• Metal-free
• Strong, solid frame
• No dark metal frame – the aesthetic of prosthesis is excellent
• Extreme precision, due to computer technology