This comprehensive reference book aims to describe and demystify the underlying principles of digital technologies. Contributions from authors with differing expertise emphasize the influence of digital technologies across a breadth of disciplines and review how we can acquire, manipulate, and leverage digital data within those disciplines. Also examined are the similarities and differences between available and emerging systems, the value and use of digital approaches to clinical cases, and the challenges and opportunities intrinsic to both integrating new technologies into dental practice and keeping up with rapid changes. Previewing the future, this resource explores the potential impact of new innovations on how and what we practice, as well as how we think, teach, and pursue knowledge. Energizing our ingenuity and imagination, this book lays the groundwork for dentistry s vibrant and exciting future.

Contents
Section I. Introduction
Chapter 01. Digital Dentistry: Broadening Dentistry’s Horizon and Impact
Chapter 02. The Breadth and Depth of Digital Dentistry

Section II. Acquiring the Digital Data
Chapter 03. Intraoral Scanners: Enhancing Dentistry’s Image
Chapter 04. Digital Radiography
Chapter 05. Electronic Health Records: A Critical Aspect of Digital Dentistry

Section III. Manipulating the Digital Data
Chapter 06. CAD/CAM Systems: A Paradigm Shift in Restoration Design and Production
Chapter 07. 3D Printing in Dentistry
Chapter 08. Digital Restoration Design based on Biologic Principles
Chapter 09. Conventional vs Digital Prosthodontics

Section IV. Leveraging the Digital Data
Chapter 10. Caries Detection and Tissue Repair Diagnostics in Digital Dentistry
Chapter 11. The Application of Surgical Navigation Technology in Head and Neck Surgery
Chapter 12. Craniomaxillofacial Surgery Design
Chapter 13. Real-time Microvascular Examination of the Oral Mucosa for the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Oral Diseases
Chapter 14. Rapid Bacterial Detection during Endodontic Treatment
Chapter 15. Robocasting (Direct-Ink Writing) of Hydroxy Apatite, β-TCP, and Bioglass for Alloplastic Bone Grafts

Section V. Implications of and Opportunities for Digital Dentistry in Education
Chapter 16. Transforming Education and Learning with Digital Technologies in Dentistry
Chapter 17. Digital Technology: Impact on and Opportunities for Dental Education
Chapter 18. The Unity of Knowledge in Dental Medicine

Section VI. Challenges and Opportunities
Chapter 19. Challenges and Opportunities Intrinsic to Digital Dentistry
Chapter 20. Keeping up with Change and Changing Technologies
Chapter 21. Big Data: Storage, Sharing, and Usage

Section VII. The Future
Chapter 22. Virtual and Mixed Reality in Clinical Application
Chapter 23. Digital Dentistry: A Future Limited Only by Our Imagination

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