The main purpose of this lecture is to give a brief overview of the most popular digital smile design (DSD) software and compare their benefits to the use of wax-up.
We all like to make beautiful smiles and if we had a system that could help us communicate our ideas and the possible end result to the patient – we would likely pay a good sum of money for it. Software companies and progressive and innovative dentist around the world have already figured this out and are flooding the market with all types of DSD-software. So how do we navigate in this market and find a suitable program that is easy to use, looks good, works efficiently and comes at a fair price?
There is not a simple answer to that because we all have different ideas, wishes, demands, and patients. There is not one perfect system, but we will take a closer look at 9 different systems.
After this lecture, you should have better insight into DSD and clear idea where to look if you would like to expand your work with creating beautiful smiles.
