Digital dentistry: The future is now
Journal Title: IP International Journal of Periodontology and Implantology - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Dentistry has witnessed tremendous advances in all its branches over the past few decades Computer technology is an essential ingredient for stateoftheart patient care and is becoming an integral part of the practice of dentistry Smaller smarter computing devices will support an increasing proportion of dental practice activities Technology will make practice management more efficient Computer software which could easily interrelate photographic images and esthetic and cosmetic measurements would be a dynamic clinical tool and it is also beneficial in research to be conducted for cosmetic and esthetic purpose Digital dentistry is not the wave of the future it is occurring now Whether a dentist embraces new technology will define his or her practice and possibly futureKeywords Computers Dental education Dentistry Computer assisted learning Dental imaging
Authors and Affiliations
Supreet K. Thind, Shiva Gupta, Rasveen Kaur, Surinder Sachdeva, Aastha Bakshi
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- DOI 10.18231/2457-0087.2018.0002
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