Digital technology should only supplement a strong knowledge of removables. In clinical practices, education is also critical dentists and denturists need to know how and when to utilize analog, digital, or hybrid processes based on the variables involved and what is best for each patient and each case.Īndre Theberge, CDT: The biggest challenge is that some dentists and technicians believe that digital technology can replace analog skills and knowledge. Education, however, remains a significant hurdle it is important that school curriculums include digital processes, especially for removable prosthodontics. Newer dental school graduates are “digital natives” and are more likely to adopt digital processes. Kreyer: The biggest challenge is changing the mindset of practitioners, especially older ones. However, the more I tried it for immediate dentures, interim dentures, and certainly implant dentures, I saw that patients were extremely satisfied with it. I thought it would not be esthetic enough for my patients. Valerie Cooper, DDS, MS: Some dentists and laboratories are hesitant about a monolithic denture-I was too, initially. IDT: What challenges does transitioning to a digital approach present for both the dentist and technician?
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With traditional methods, needing to repeat the entire process can be difficult and costly, especially for denture patients who may have limited resources. All of these variables can affect the quality of the restoration and can be eliminated if a digital workflow is used properly.Ĭharles Goodacre, DDS, MSD: In addition to the benefits of fewer patient visits at the beginning of the process, creating a permanent record for future use is extremely important. It can also eliminate expansion during polymerization/processing of acrylic resin. A digital process can eliminate distortion in impression materials, as well as variables in processing, investing, and boil-out steps. Robert Kreyer, CDT: By removing as many variables as possible, we can produce a higher-valued product with improved consistency and efficiency.
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Since then, digital dentures have cemented the critical role of the technician. Denture making still requires so much more than simply pushing a button. Some protocols ignored traditional concepts-learned and validated through experience-in the early days of digital dentures and tried to cut technicians out of the process, but that became a problem because the dentists did not have the necessary specialized knowledge. Stephen Wagner, DDS: Dental professionals developing digital dentures need to integrate the new system into a traditional process and give a reason for doing it. Inside Dental Technology (IDT): For analog denture technicians, what digital denture processes would prove to be useful, time saving, and profitable if converting to digital? What imperfections in the analog process can a digital process eliminate? Inside Dental Technology spoke with three dental technicians and three dentists about the changing environment. Digital integration is becoming more viable and popular for dentures fixed laboratories are increasingly willing and able to expand their offerings to these solutions and the wide variety of solutions is benefiting both dentist and patient. Sign up today!Ī roundtable discussion on removable prostheticsĪs dentistry continues to evolve, the world of removable prosthetics is beginning to undergo a change that many feel will soon accelerate rapidly.
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