FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -Dentists use intraoral scanners to take digital impressions that can be used to create crowns, inlays, onlays, fixed partial dentures, aligners, occlusal devices and implant surgical guides.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dental Probe: These scary sleek tools have pointed heads. Your dentist uses these probes to locate irregularities in the mouth. Hence, with specific probes, dentists check for particular problems. E.g., your dentist will use a sickle probe to detect any cavities and periodontal probes to measure periodontal pockets.

Detailed explanation-3: -CAD/CAM systems use an optical camera to take a virtual impression by creating a 3D image which is imported into a software program and results in a computer-generated cast on which the restoration is designed. Bonded veneer CAD/CAM restorations are more conservative in their preparation of the tooth.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dental burs, the dentist’s drill bits, are made of stainless steel, diamond, or tungsten carbide combined with cobalt or nickel. The latter combinations could pose health hazards due to their heavy metal content if fragments of the material are left behind on the tooth or inhaled.