Successful development and implementation of a digital dentistry curriculum at a US dental school

Introducing new technology in the dental school curriculum may face some uphill challenges navigating through university-level bureaucracy, financial ramifications, and influencing the mindset of certain faculty. A dental school that relies heavily on teaching traditional restorative procedures may particularly face many challenges to embrace new technology. The restorative department at a US dental school created a division of computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) dentistry to introduce the concept of digital dentistry to dental students and faculty. This article describes methods that were adopted to improve acceptance and increase the productivity of chairside CAD/CAM restorations for both students and faculty at the dental school in US.

在牙科学校课程中引入新技术可能会面临一些艰难的挑战，比如要应对大学层面的官僚体制、财务影响以及改变某些教职工的思维定式。一所严重依赖传统修复程序教学的牙科学校在接纳新技术时可能尤其会面临诸多挑战。美国一所牙科学校的修复科设立了一个计算机辅助设计与计算机辅助制造（CAD/CAM）牙科部门，以便向牙科学生和教职工介绍数字牙科的概念。本文介绍了为提高美国这所牙科学校的学生和教职工对椅旁CAD/CAM修复的接受度并提高其效率所采用的方法。