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Dental Tribune Middle East & Africa Edition | 3/2016 30 IntErvIEW ◊Page28 PRINT DIGITAL EDUCATION EVENTS The DTI publishing group is composed of the world’s leading dental trade publishers that reach more than 650,000 dentists in more than 90 countries. . CAPP Mobile:+971502793711 Telephone:+97143616174 FAX:+97143686883 E-mail:events@cappmea.com Web:www.cappmea.com do repeated work. For example, if you need to redo a crown because it broke, you can keep the same prep, press “Play” and you receive exactly thesamecrown. Dr. Tif Qureshi, UK: The advantage of digital dentistry is that you have the ability to predict where you are go- ing to go, to control things. So, the orthodontists could be very easy to lose control of the inclusion if you weren’t able to see where the teeth were going to move to. When we know where the teeth are going to move to we can then plan our an- terior guidance, canine lateral guid- ance and we can make sure that the patients are functioning not only as well but potentially even better after the orthodontic treatment. The digi- tal step forward we have had in or- thodontics has been enormous. The other thing we are able to do with digital dentistry is that we can actu- ally start to preview the shape of re- quired teeth. Sometimes it is hard to understandbutwhenyouhaveteeth thatarecrookedtheytendtobewide and bulbous. When teeth have been straightened and put in the full arch they need to be slightly arrowed and having seen this digitally all upfront, dentists have much better guidance howtoshapecorrectlytogetamuch betterresult. Are there any limitations of digital dentistry? Dr. Eduardo Mahn, Chile: Machines still do not complete the entire work process. They can create a crown but youstillneedtopolishit,glaceitand give it definition. The software and the database of patients’ teeth do not automatically create a beautiful smilesothereisstilltheneedofahu- mantouch. Prof. Jan-Frederik Güth, Germany: I thinktheyvary,dependingonthein- dividual system you use and wheth- er it is open or closed. For example, full arch intraoral scans are still very dependent on how you scan them and whether you need powder or not.Wemustbeawareofthespecific technology and look for treatment conceptstousewithit. Dr. Tif Qureshi, UK: Yes, definitely, there should be limitations in or- thodontics. Something that’s very important and that we teach is to make sure that GP dentists start at first with very limited cases. They should be primarily working in the anterior teeth only. If the teeth re- quire movement in the back of the mouth, that should be treated by an orthodontist,unlessthedentisthasa huge matter of experience. So, with Inman Aligner and Clear Aligner and with everything we teach in the IAS Academy, we are making sure that thedentistsarefocusingonthefront regionandonlytreatingminortooth movement,ifatall. Dr.MichaelDieter,Switzerland:Frank- ly,Idonotseeanylimitationsingen- eral. Currently, the question is rather how many dentists are using digital technology specifically when they needtogointoabiginvestment.This applies for both dentists and dental technicians. The fact that there are different systems, open and closed, can be seen a limitation. In my opin- ion, the bigger problem are the in- vestments. Also, the systems should bealittlebitadjustedsothatdentists canworkwithdifferentsoftwareand hardwaremanufacturers. MicheleTemperani,CDT,Italy Prof.JihadAbdallah,Lebanon