CAD/CAM In Dental Restorations: An Overview.

In the last two decades, exciting new developments in dental materials and computer technology have led to the success of dental computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology. CAD/CAM is proving to be a valuable image enhancer, production booster and profit generator. Highly sophisticated chair side and laboratory CAD/CAM systems have been introduced. This article provides an overview of various CAD/CAM systems.