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CAD/CAM dentistry is the use of computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) to design and produce dental restorations and appliances from digital data, connecting scanning, digital design and computer-controlled…

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Dental splints are used to stabilise teeth when mobility, trauma or occlusal factors make controlled support clinically appropriate. The three main categories are periodontal splints, used primarily to stabilise mobile…

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Composite injection moulding is a minimally invasive way to translate a diagnostic wax-up into direct composite restorations, by injecting heated flowable and packable composite through a clear stent onto unprepared…

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Digital occlusion analysis with MODJaw records a patient’s actual jaw movement — condylar guidance, tooth contacts and functional excursions — and feeds that motion into the design of the restoration….

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Digital shade matching replaces the subjective eyeball-and-tab method of choosing tooth colour with objective, reproducible data — from a spectrophotometer, an intraoral scanner, or calibrated cross-polarised photography — that can…

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A dental bridge replaces one or more missing teeth by joining a pontic to one or more abutments, and the clinical decision is rarely just “a bridge” — it is…

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A dental technician is a General Dental Council (GDC)-registered professional who designs and manufactures dental devices — crowns, bridges, dentures, implant restorations, and orthodontic and occlusal appliances — to a…

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An occlusal splint is a removable, hard acrylic appliance that covers the occlusal surfaces of one arch to redistribute occlusal load, protect the dentition, and manage the symptoms of bruxism…

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An e.max (lithium disilicate) crown is the material of choice when aesthetics and adhesive bonding matter most — anterior single units, veneers, inlays and onlays — while zirconia is the…