Using CAD/CAM technology in the dental office and laboratory may have
seemed like science fiction 20 years ago, but today it is a reality.
Dental CAD/CAM technology is successful today because of the vision of
many great pioneers. As Duret, concluded in his article in 1991, "the
systems will continue to improve in versatility, accuracy, and cost
effectiveness, and will be a part of routine dental practice from the
beginning of the 21st century. With a future that can get promisingly
digitalized, we as dentists have to be well aware of the developments,
and how they can improve dental treatment quality and its longevity,
based on strong scientific proofs and thereby stay at par with the
latest technologies.