The Digital Revolution

By Kim Molinaro

Posted Apr 28, 2011 in Digital Dentistry


Automation is changing the way labs work and the restorative services they offer their dentist-clients. In Part I of our series on the digital revolution, LMT attends the 2nd annual DLOAC CAD/CAM Technology Symposium and Expo in California to get a first-hand look at the technology, how far it's come in a few short years, where it's going and why it's hot.



What's the future of C&B restorations? In a word, "zirconia," according to the majority of attendees and exhibitors at the DLOAC's 2nd annual CAD/CAM Technology Symposium and Expo on October 28 and 29. This strong, biocompatible, esthetic, radiopaque, cementable material is being embraced by dentists and it's driving the demand for CAD/CAM systems used to mill and fabricate zirconia (as well as other understructure materials).


"The quality of the product is why I got involved with CAD/CAM," said Stan Okon, owner of Okon Dental Laboratory and Stanley Okon Milling Center, Laguna Woods, California....

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  • Kim Molinaro

    Managing Editor at LMT Communications, Inc. · West Hartford, CT

    In her 25+ years with LMT, Kim has managed to combine her creative flair—infusing energy into our content and orchestrating some of our most popular theme issues—with the practical focus of keeping our processes...

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