OBJECTIVE Significant technological advances are occurring in the dental industry that are complementary to the introduction of monolithic restorative materials. Glidewell Laboratories has been at the forefront of innovation of these developments and these internal developments may be instructive of future trends in dentistry. METHODS This paper examines internal Glidewell data from 2010 to 2019 about zirconia-related technology and provides context for some technological advancements at Glidewell Laboratories. RESULTS The trend towards increased use of monolithic zirconia in both, posterior and anterior regions continues to grow. With the advent of intraoral scanners and chairside CAD/CAM technologies, more and more dentists are able to provide same day dentistry. Despite the many clinicians that have made the leap to digital dentistry the low rate of growth in ownership and utilization means PVS impression will be common place long into the future. Glidewell Laboratories has an advanced, automated impression scanning, AI crown design, automated milling and glazing system extending the advantages of digital dentistry to all dentists and pushing the bounds of the technology further. SIGNIFICANCE This paper describes the first use of AI GAN to design dental crowns and also shows the strong path monolithic zirconia restorations are paving into the future. Supporting technologies will continue to evolve around zirconia and this paper provides a snapshot of those that exist and a few that are in development.

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现代牙科实验室和诊所中的数字工厂。

目的牙科行业正在发生重大的技术进步，这些技术与整体修复材料的引入相辅相成。Glidewell实验室一直处于这些开发创新的最前沿，这些内部开发可能对牙科的未来趋势具有指导意义。方法本文研究了2010年至2019年Glidewell内部有关氧化锆相关技术的数据，并为Glidewell Laboratories的某些技术进步提供了背景信息。结果在后部和前部区域都越来越多地使用整体式氧化锆。随着口内扫描仪和床头CAD / CAM技术的出现，越来越多的牙医能够提供当日牙医。尽管有许多临床医生已经向数字牙科迈进了一步，但所有权和使用率的低增长率意味着PVS印象将在很长的将来很普遍。Glidewell Laboratories具有先进的自动印模扫描，AI牙冠设计，自动铣削和上光系统，将数字牙科的优势扩展到所有牙医，并进一步推动了技术的发展。重要性本文介绍了AI GAN首次用于设计牙冠的过程，并显示了整体式氧化锆修复体为未来铺平了坚实的道路。支持技术将继续围绕氧化锆发展，本文简要介绍了现有技术和一些正在开发中的技术。