Application of CAD/CAM in Dental Medicine: Case report

Abstract

The computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing CAD/CAM technology has gained lately so much popularity in the field of dentistry because it helps shorten the treatment time and provide comfort for the patient and also stronger restoration with better aesthetic results.

This paper means to illustrate this procedure and its advantages, through a case report and a little literature review. A 40 years old woman showed an aesthetic embarrassment due to the loss of her first maxillary right premolar, she claimed an aesthetic restoration with a short duration of treatment, and refused neither a surgical approach nor a removable prosthesis.