Analog vs CAD/CAM: The patient has the choice!

The competition
- analog (technical),
- digital (technical),
- digital (clinical).

IPS e.max for all three groups
A challenging task
Sound preparatory work
The initiator

Hannes Meischl
The participants
Next, get to know the participants of the competition and find out what method and material they used.








The patient and her case
Name: Sandra Rammah
Country: Austria

The creative phase
Group 1: Analog labside
Group 2: Digital labside
Group 3: Digital chairside

The decision
And the winner is…



The final result



And the essence of the story
“The most important aspect in each case is and will remain the patient. The patient should always be at the centre of attention. In the end of the day, it is the patient who has to be satisfied and happy with the restoration in the long run. For the users, this means that delivering a technically refined piece of work is not the be-all and end-all. They should also take time to talk to their patients and realize their wishes. This is exactly what Martin Ebringer, the winner of the competition, has done.”
What is the ICDE?
Products
The following products were used during the competition held at the ICDE in Vienna.