Digital & Analog: Dentistry in a Hybrid World

Within a practice, balancing digital dentistry concepts with pre-digital "analog" dentistry is an evolving challenge. Although many dental offices are attempting to become 100% digital, they are more likely achieving only 90% while they continue to rely at times on traditional analog techniques. Fortunately, excellent systems have been designed to navigate the ground between analog and digital, giving clinicians the time to decide when and where to incorporate more digital technology.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• review capturing digital lab records and systems to optimize an analog/digital partnership

• discuss the implementation of digital impression making systems

• describe the workflow for digital lab fabrication

About the Author

Lee Ann Brady, DMD, Director of Education, Clinical Mastery Series; Private Practice, Glendale, Arizona