CAD/CAM Materials Used in Dentistry

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 125 - 133, 29.08.2025

Erkin Ergezen , Yılmaz Umut Aslan , Yasemin Özkan

Abstract

CAD/CAM is the abbreviation obtained with the initials of the words computer aided design and computer aimed manufacturing. In Turkish, it means computer-aided design and computer-aided production. CAD/CAM is used in the health sector, in the field of physiotherapy and orthosis-prosthesis, in the measurement and production of prosthetic sockets and orthoses, in individual insoles based on foot pressure analysis, and in various fields in dentistry. CAD/CAM was first used in dentistry in the 1970s. In dentistry, CAD/CAM is used in digital orthodontics, surgical guides and models, dental implants and prosthetic dental treatments. The production of prosthetic restorations with CAD/CAM offers an alternative approach. Compared to traditional CAD/CAM methods, it has the advantage of skipping steps that can cause errors such as wax modeling and casting. With the development of CAD/CAM systems, aesthetic and functional expectations have also increased. New materials have been developed to meet these expectations. The materials used in CAD/CAM production are briefly classified as follows; composites, metals, polymers, polymethylmethacrylates and ceramics.

Keywords

CAD/CAM , dentistry , material , prosthodontic , ceramic

Diş Hekimliğinde Kullanılan CAD/CAM Materyalleri

Abstract

CAD/CAM, computer aided design ve computer aimed manufacturing kelimelerin baş harfleri ile elde edilmiş kısaltmadır. Türkçesi, bilgisayar destekli dizayn ve bilgisayar destekli üretim anlamına gelmektedir. CAD/CAM sağlık sektöründe, fizyoterapi ve ortez-protez alanında protez soketi ve ortezleme ölçü alımı ve üretiminde, ayak basınç analizine bağlı bireysel tabanlık uygulamalarında ve diş hekimliğinde çeşitli alanlarda kullanılmaktadır. Diş hekimliğinde CAD/CAM ilk defa 1970’li yıllarda kullanılmıştır. Diş hekimliğinde CAD/CAM dijital ortodonti, cerrahi kılavuz ve modellerde, dental implantlarda ve protetik diş tedavilerinde kullanılmaktadır. CAD/CAM ile protetik restorasyonların üretilmesi alternatif bir yaklaşım sunmaktadır. CAD/CAM geleneksel yöntemler ile kıyaslandığında mum modelaj, döküm gibi hataya yol açabilen basamakları atlayabilme avantajına sahiptir. CAD/CAM sistemlerinin gelişmesi ile estetik ve fonksiyonel beklentiler de artmıştır. Bu beklentileri karşılamak için yeni materyaller geliştirilmiştir. Üretimde kullanılan materyaller özetle şu şekilde sınıflandırılmaktadır; kompozitler, metaller, polimerler, polimetilmetakrilatlar ve seramiklerdir.

Keywords

CAD/CAM , SERAMİK , PROTEZ , diş hekimliği , MATERYAL

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