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What does CAD/CAM stand for?
Acronym for COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN-COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING (or Computer-Assisted Machining)
What is CAD/CAM?
The process of interacting with or manipulating data in a digital environment to create a 3D object for production via an additive or a subtractive process that is also guided or controlled in the digital environment; comp, CAD-CAM DENTISTRY
What are the three functional components of fabrication of a restoration using CAD/CAM?
Data acquisition —> scanner —> digitizer
Restoration design —> CAD unit —> software
Restoration fabrication —> CAM unit —> production

What step of CAD/CAM is this?
Data acquisition

What step of CAD/CAM is this?
Restoration design
What do you use for restoration fabrication?
A CAM Unit

Other machinable material for restoration fabrication


What is a chairside optical scanner?
Intraoral optical scanner

What is a non-chairside optical scanner?
Desktop optical scanner
How does an optical scanner work?
The laser/light source hits the object which hits the sensor

What is the best scanning method?
To start with the molar occlusal surface
