Recreating Nature with Analog and Digital Techniques

Although Hiroki Goto, RDT, is a proponent of digital technology, he often prefers to use a hybrid technique that combines a hand waxup with digital design to achieve the most precise outcome. Here, he explains two of his recent high-end cases.

Thanks to innovations in zirconia and lithium disilicate, we now have access to materials with improved translucency, a greater variety of shade options and higher fracture toughness and flexural strength. Consequently, porcelain layering techniques have undergone tremendous evolution; for example, today we have other options such as microlayering and monolithic to achieve color and esthetics.

Now technicians and dentists can deliver more durable restorations using a streamlined, efficient workflow while still continually enhancing their skills and technical knowledge.

Although I’m a proponent of digital technology, I often prefer to use a hybrid technique that combines a hand waxup with digital design...