Introducing new technology in the dental school curriculum may face some uphill challenges navigating through university-level bureaucracy, financial ramifications, and influencing mindset of certain faculty. A that relies heavily on teaching traditional restorative procedures particularly many to embrace technology. The department at a US created division computer-aided design manufacturing (C...

Department of Restorative Dentistry, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Paraíba – UFPB, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil Department of Rsrtorative Dentistry, Goiania School of Dentistry, Federal University of Goias – UFG, Goiania, GO, Brazil Operative Dentistry and Dental Materials Division, Uberlândia School of Dentistry, Federal University of Uberlândia – UFU, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil Departm...

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In 1995 the School of Dentistry at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill created an intranet system to provide support at several levels in the school's operations. At the administrative level these operations included the management of complex tasks such as class scheduling and admissions management. At the clinical level the system would be used to organize a new computerized ...

Department of Operative Dentistry, University of North of Paraná Avenida Paris, 675, Jardim Piza 86041-100 Londrina, PR Brazil Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, MI, USA Department of Operative Dentistry, Endodontics and Dental Materials, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo – USP, Bauru SP, Brazil Department...

342 a Professor, e Research Assistant, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. b Associate Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey. c Dental Student, College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, NY, USA. d Assistant Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Den...

There is an increasing interest in “digital” restorative dentistry with the recent introduction of new scanning devices for the fabrication of chairside and off-site restorations. The chairside model-free/ impression-free systems include CEREC® (Sirona Dental Systems, Charlotte, NC) and the newly introduced E4D (D4D Technologies, LLC, Richardson, TX). These two technologies allow the clinician ...

Teledentistry is an exciting new area of dentistry that fuses electronic health records, telecommunications technology, digital imaging, and the Internet to link health providers in rural or remote communities. For the patient located in underserved or remote areas, teledentistry improves ready access to preventive dental care and teleconsultation with specialists. It allows the dentist in the ...