Digital Smile Design and Fabrication of CAD/CAM Restorations in a Complex Esthetic Case.

Analog design protocols through the use of wax-ups are highly variable, technique sensitive, and operator dependent. Current digital smile design and treatment planning tools facilitate simplified processes based on the patient's face as well as specific esthetic and functional needs of the individual patient. The initial smile design achieved with an advanced and novel smile design software enables a straightforward treatment plan and execution, even in complex esthetic situations where various restorations are needed.

Digital Full-Mouth Reconstruction: From Diagnostics to Final Full Zirconia Restorations.

Background: This clinical report describes the use of digital technology for full-mouth rehabilitation using fixed implant-supported full-contour zirconia prostheses.

Case Presentation: A 61-year-old female patient presented with existing acrylic overdentures retained by mini implants; her chief concern was to improve esthetics and function through the use of fixed prostheses. Digital tools comprising CAD/CAM, 3D printing, guided implant surgery, and 2D smile design were utilized from the planning stage to final restorations combined with analog components in an efficient manner to address the patient's chief concern.

Advances in Materials and Digital Technologies: Keeping Up With the Many Changes.

Dental materials and technologies have changed dramatically over the past 20 years. These changes continue to revolutionize the practice of dentistry. This article will review many of these changes particularly as they pertain to indirect dental restorations.

CAD/CAM Fabrication of Definitive Implant Prostheses: A Digital Workflow From Planning to Implant Placement to Final Restoration.

Traditional methods of performing dental implant surgery and fabricating a definitive implant-supported prosthesis are being supplanted by digital techniques that provide greater precision and a more durable and esthetic restoration. In the present case, a 68-year-old woman presented a severely compromised dentition. She had received extensive restorative dentistry in the past and, due to recurrent caries and chronic periodontitis, was facing the loss of her maxillary teeth, as well as teeth in the lower left quadrant.