New digital system blends the lines between laboratory-based and dental office-based CAD/CAM systems to digitally record tooth preparations.The Lava Chairside Oral Scanner blends the lines between laboratory and chairside CAD/CAM systems. The dentist records the tooth preparation intraorally with a digital impression instead of using a traditional impression. The immediate feedback of the digital impression affords the opportunity to correct model deficiencies before the patient leaves the office. Digital impressions avoid the tedious technique of final impressions with the added benefit of a more comfortable patient experience. A number of conventional steps are avoided with the digital impression technique, such as time-consuming, conventional impression techniques, pouring models, trimming dies, and packaging, shipping, and tracking the models. The digital workflow of the Lava COS system results in an efficient and accurate technique for the fabrication of Lava zirconium crowns and fixed partial dentures.
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Dennis J. Fasbinder, DDS, ABGD
Clinical Professor of Dentistry Director, Advanced Education in General Dentistry University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Reference: Fasbinder, Dennis, In Practice Clinical Brief, "Digital Workflow for the Lava COS System, October 2009, V5, Issue 9
