Digital tools and 3D printing technologies integrated into the workflow of restorative treatment: A clinical report

Marta Revilla-León; Adriana Besné-Torre; Jose Luis Sánchez-Rubio; Javier J Fábrega; Mutlu Özcan

doi:10.1016/j.prosdent.2018.02.020

Digital tools and 3D printing technologies integrated into the workflow of restorative treatment: A clinical report

J Prosthet Dent. 2019 Jan;121(1):3-8. doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2018.02.020. Epub 2018 Aug 7.

Authors

Marta Revilla-León¹, Adriana Besné-Torre², Jose Luis Sánchez-Rubio³, Javier J Fábrega⁴, Mutlu Özcan⁵

Affiliations

¹ Assistant Program Director Advanced Education in General Dentistry, General Dentistry Department, College of Dentistry, Texas A&M University, Dallas, Texas; and Affiliate Faculty Graduate Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash; and Researcher at Revilla Research Center, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: revilla@revillaresearchcenter.com.
² CAD designer, Dental Laboratory 3Dental, Madrid, Spain.
³ Director, Dental Laboratory 3Dental, Madrid, Spain; and Researcher at the Revilla Research Center, Madrid, Spain.
⁴ Visiting Professor, Graduate Prosthodontics at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif.; and Assistant Clinical Professor, Graduate Periodontics and Graduate Aesthetic Dentistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
⁵ Professor and Head, Dental Materials Unit, Center for Dental and Oral Medicine, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

PMID: 30093121
DOI: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2018.02.020

Abstract

The development of technologies including intraoral scanners, dental software for digital restoration design, and additive manufacturing has improved the digital workflow of restorative treatment. The present article describes a digital workflow with intraoral scanning, computer-aided design (CAD) software, and subtractive and additive manufacturing procedures for a patient receiving lithium disilicate laminate veneers.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Ceramics
Computer-Aided Design*
Dental Porcelain / chemistry
Dental Prosthesis Design / methods*
Dental Restoration, Permanent / methods
Dental Veneers*
Esthetics, Dental
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods
Incisor
Male
Maxilla / diagnostic imaging
Middle Aged
Printing, Three-Dimensional*
Software
Workflow*

Substances

lithia disilicate
Dental Porcelain