Clinical Applications of Digital Dental Technology

Radi Masri, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D., is tenured associate professor, Department of Endodontics, Prosthodontics, and Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, and associate professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore. Carl F. Driscoll, D.M.D., is tenured professor and director, Prosthodontic Residency, Department of Endodontics, Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Contributors ix Foreword xi Preface xiii 1 Digital Imaging 1 Jeffery B. Price and Marcel E. Noujeim 2 Digital Impressions 27 Gary D. Hack, Ira T. Bloom, and Sebastian B. M. Patzelt 3 Direct DigitalManufacturing 41 Gerald T. Grant 4 Digital Application in Operative Dentistry 57 Dennis J. Fasbinder and Gisele F. Neiva 5 Digital Fixed Prosthodontics 75 Julie Holloway 6 CAD/CAM Removable Prosthodontics 107 Nadim Z. Baba, Charles J. Goodacre, and Mathew Kattadiyil 7 Digital Implant Surgery 139 Hans-Peter Weber, Jacinto Cano, and Francesca Bonino 8 Digital Design and Manufacture of Implant Abutments 167 Radi Masri, Joanna Kempler, and Carl F. Driscoll 9 Digital Applications in Endodontics 177 Ashraf F. Fouad 10 From Traditional to Contemporary: Imaging Techniques for Orthodontic Diagnosis, Treatment Planning, and Outcome Assessment 193 Georgios Kanavakis and Carroll Ann Trotman 11 Clinical Applications of Digital Dental Technology in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 207 Jason Jamali, Antonia Kolokythas, and Michael Miloro 12 The Virtual Patient 231 Alexandra Patzelt and Sebastian B. M. Patzelt Index 241