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I feature _ interview There will be more jobs created here rather than less with the advent of 3Shape. _Canwetalkaboutyourreturnoninvestment? Any digital system that we are looking at today hastohaveareturnoninvestmentthathappensover a short period. This is a market where technology is changingsofastthatthelastthingthatIwanttohave isasix-yearoldsystemthatIamstilltryingtopayfor. There is not a lot of cost recovery. If you want to sit down and do the math on producing ten crowns every 30 minutes and working an eight-hour day doing that, the dollar production potential is fairly- high with a fairly low number of employees. _Whatdoyouseeasthenextsteps? In posterior dentistry right now, where room is not a factor and milling works well, digital design is much faster than conventional design. I think that people that fail to embrace the technology will be left behind and will not be able to be competitive in the marketplace. _So you would recommend for labs to go digital orelse...? The future of digital dentistry is starting to re- place many different areas of the field. Right now, I feel that posterior restorations, especially the design phase, is more efficient to work in the digi- tal environment than it is to wax a single posterior crown. Although, as mentioned, I use 3Shape for all of my cases currently. The milling works very well in that. There is still some hand finishing involved with that too and there will always be some hand finishing that will put the final touch on a case by a technician. As digital programming develops over the next five years, much more design work will be done in the digital environment as opposed to simply sitting down and waxing something. We’ll see a time where most of what we do is done on a computer. I would encourage people that haven’t yet, at least explored the digital environment to look at it quickly, become conversed in it and keep an eye on it._ 44 I CAD/CAM 1_2016 Matthew Roberts,founder of CMR Dental Laboratory,is one of thirteen accredited ceramists in theAmericanAcademy of Cosmetic Dentistry. He lectures nationally and internationally and has worked with many of the leading clinicians in the country.Matt is on the editorial board of numerous dental publications; Practical Periodontal and Aesthetic Dentistry,Signature Magazine and Reality.He is the founder ofTeamAesthetic Seminars.He holdsAdvanced Dental Education training classes for dentists and ceramists. His goals are to elevate the quality of restorative treatment received by patients by redefining the working relationship between dentists, ceramists,and specialists. CAD/CAM_about the interviewee CAD0116_42-44_Roberts 21.01.16 11:15 Seite 3 CAD0116_42-44_Roberts 21.01.1611:15 Seite 3