Digital dentistry calls the change of ceramics and ceramic processes

Since the start of the new digital impression-taking era which started around 2008 with the introduction of the 3M Lava COS, a slow transformation is gaining momentum and it looks as if this and next year will have a broad impact on the clinicians. From being merely a way of replacing impressions now the total digital workflow enters the industry. This means a whole new way of thinking and a new way to produce prosthetic work where a reproducible constant quality can be achieved. An obvious development of improved ceramic materials that simultaneously can satisfy the mechanical, bio- and aesthetic demands of the prostheses and the corresponding technologies for production that would work for the clinic digital workflow is out of the expertise of the dentists. This calls for a cross-disciplinary collaboration with the experts in the communities of ceramics and digital manufacturing.