Health Care and Health Service Digital Revolution

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jul 8;17(14):4913. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17144913.

Abstract

The digital revolution has changed many aspects of the medical profession. Medical doctors and doctors in the dental sciences have been pushed to modify their workflow using new instruments such as decisional software, intraoral and extraoral scanners, and CAD-CAM technologies, which have improved diagnostics and the clinical/surgical phase of treatment and follow-up, and nowadays it is clear that medical professional life will continue in the era of digital medicine.

Keywords: digital dentistry; digital medicine; digital revolution.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Computer-Aided Design*
  • Delivery of Health Care*
  • Humans
  • Software*
  • Workflow