#CAD CAM IN DENTISTRY PROFESSIONAL#
CAD/CAM technology - long considered a new category in the dental industry - is making great strides toward mainstream dentistry in the professional arena.
Leading dental schools across the country, from NYU to UCLA, are embracing change in their teaching curricula, a change that was prompted by a recent sizeable donation from Sirona, Inc., the company that pioneered chairside CAD/CAM dentistry nearly 15 years ago with the introduction of CEREC 1. Edward Schlissel - SUNY at Stoney Brook Dr. Dennis Fasbinder - University of Michigan Dr. Robert Kovarik- University of Kentucky Dr. Edmond Hewlett - University of California Dr.
Perng-Ru-liu - University of Alabama at Birmingham Dr. Randall Pohjola - Medical College of Georgia Dr. Bryan Schmidt - University of Tennessee Dr. Alan Ripps - Lousiana State University Dr. Michelle Robinson - Marquette University Dr. In October, the above clinicians attended CEREC training in Memphis (listed by university affiliation): Dr. Some leading universities have responded, and some manufacturers have supported the call. In recognition of that fact, the ADA's recent Future of Dentistry Report called on dental professionals to establish a rapid, flexible, and effective response system for predicted and unknown changes in education and research in the future. While some changes in dentistry have been obvious (digital imaging was almost unheard of 10 years ago), techniques employed a century ago are still prevalent in some form. The quote above makes sense to the dental industry when you think about it if anything, it certainly challenges the old mantra, "If it ain't broke, then don't try and fix it." As much as some dental professionals may try to fight it, change is imminent, and embracing change is the challenge - a challenge that hasn't always been easily welcomed in dentistry. It takes guts to change, but if you don't, the economic end is no less certain, only more painfully time-consuming." - James Belasco, "Teaching the Elephant to Dance: The Manager's Guide to Empowering Change" The very successes that got us to where we are today might be the shackles that keep us back from achieving in the future.