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I 17 feature _ interview I CAD/CAM 3_2014 Dr A. Agnini:Actually, we had quite a few ques- tions from the floor and via the SMS system they usedfortheDentalTechnicianForum.Theaudience can text any questions they have to a number and we can answer them after the presentation during the Q & A session. Dr A. M. Agnini: The SMS system worked really well because people could ask us anything and often they asked us about something we had not had time to cover in the presentation or had not in- cluded because we were not sure whether it would interest people. With such questions, we thus could cover such topics too. _It has been suggested that Asia might not be as quick to adopt digital technologies as Europe andtheUSbecauseskilledlabourcostsherearestill comparativelylow,sotherearenotthesamesavings to be made by giving some of the technicians’ jobs tomachines.Doyouthinkthatistrue? Dr A. M. Agnini: One cannot just replace a technician with a machine. In Europe or anywhere else, one still needs a dental technician who is well trained in using all these new digital technologies; it is not easy for anyone to use these new digital technologies for the first time. One needs a great deal of training to fabricate a final restoration that isprecise,predictableandofthesamequalityasthat achieved via traditional protocols and craftsmen technicians. Software can help the clinician, the technician and the patient, but on its own cannot solve the problem; one still needs a skilled person behind the machines to tell them what to do. Dr A. Agnini: The machine does not know what to do; it cannot look at a restoration and see where we need more support, or whether a molar needs to be done this way or another way. We need a person with the skills, knowledge and training to decide howtoshapethisframeworkifwearetoachievethe outcome of long-term predictable restorations. _But now, a well-trained and knowledgeable technician using CAD/CAM can dramatically im- provehisorherproductivity. Dr A. Agnini: That is true, one advantage of CAD/CAM is one can speed up production. Another advantage for the dental technician is that one can reduce the variables without reducing the quality. The third advantage is that it can level the playing fieldbetweentechniciansandmakestandardsmore homogeneous. Before, especially for large restora- tions, the technicians’ skill with their hands was Figs. 2 & 3_Digital workflow by Drs Agnini. Fig. 3 Fig. 2 CAD0314_16-18_Agnini 22.08.14 14:18 Seite 2

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