We want to be sure that the technology is not only practical, but that it’s also clinically sound in all respects. That’s not to say dental professionals are slow to adopt new and improved ways of doing something-we are just overly cautious (and rightly so) about changing our ways until we are absolutely, positively, without a doubt sure that the product or procedure is going to withstand the test of time. There’s a saying that “everything in dentistry is new for 10 years,” meaning when a revolutionary new product category is introduced to the dental market, it takes a minimum of 10 years for the industry to actually embrace it and make it mainstream. That’s a bold opening statement, but I’m sticking to it. Computer-aided design (CAD)/computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) is taking over dentistry.