Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and Material Sciences, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Clinic of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2024 Jan;24(1S):101946. doi: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2023.101946. Epub 2023 Oct 15.
Over the past 50 years, digitization has gradually taken root in dentistry, starting with computer tomography in the 1970s. The most disruptive events in digital dentistry were the introduction of digital workflow and computer-aided manufacturing, which made new procedures and materials available for dental use. While the conventional lab-based workflow requires light or chemical curing under inconsistent and suboptimal conditions, computer-aided manufacturing allows for industrial-grade material, ensuring consistently high material quality. In addition, many other innovative, less disruptive, but relevant approaches have been developed in digital dentistry. These will have or already impact prevention, diagnosis, and therapy, thus impacting patients' oral health and, consequently, their oral health-related quality of life. Both software and hardware approaches attempt to maintain, restore, or optimize a patient's perceived oral health. This article outlines innovations in dentistry and their potential impact on patients' oral health-related quality of life in prevention and therapy. Furthermore, possible future developments and their potential implications are characterized.
在过去的 50 年中，数字化逐渐在牙科领域扎根，从 20 世纪 70 年代的计算机断层扫描开始。数字牙科领域最具颠覆性的事件是数字工作流程和计算机辅助制造的引入，这使得新的牙科程序和材料得以应用。虽然传统的实验室工作流程需要在不一致和不理想的条件下进行光固化或化学固化，但计算机辅助制造允许使用工业级材料，从而确保始终如一的高质量材料。此外，数字牙科领域还开发了许多其他创新的、破坏性较小但相关的方法。这些方法将对预防、诊断和治疗产生影响，从而影响患者的口腔健康，进而影响他们的口腔健康相关生活质量。软件和硬件方法都试图维持、恢复或优化患者的口腔健康感知。本文概述了牙科领域的创新及其在预防和治疗方面对患者口腔健康相关生活质量的潜在影响。此外，还描述了可能的未来发展及其潜在影响。
