Title	Comparison Studies Between a CAD/CAM Complete Denture And a Conventional Complete Denture
Clinical Question	In a healthy adult in need of a complete denture, will a CAD/CAM complete denture be more beneficial and accurate compared to a conventional complete denture?
Clinical Bottom Line	Even though present studies indicate that it is possible to fabricate a CAD/CAM complete denture, as of February 2013, there is no study comparing a CAD/CAM complete denture to a conventional complete denture.
Best Evidence
PubMed ID Author / Year Patient Group Study type (level of evidence) 21282882 Kanazawa/2011 na Demonstration study Key results Complete denture can be fabricated using CAD/CAM system.
Evidence Search	("Computer-Aided Design"[Mesh]) AND "Denture, Complete"[Mesh]
Comments on The Evidence	There are no comparison studies between a CAD/CAM and a conventional complete denture.
Applicability	This is applicable to general dentists or prosthodontics considering the fabrication of complete dentures originally using somewhat complicated conventional methods. As mentioned above, there has been no study comparing a CAD/CAM complete denture to a conventional complete denture.
Specialty	(General Dentistry) (Prosthodontics)
Keywords	Complete denture, CAD/CAM, Fabricating accuracy
ID#	2446
Date of submission	03/01/2013
E-mail	parkj8@livemail.uthscsa.edu
Author	Jieun Park
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Faculty mentor	Ridley Ross, DDS
Faculty mentor e-mail	rossr@uthscsa.edu
Basic Science Rationale (Mechanisms that may account for and/or explain the clinical question, i.e. is the answer to the clinical question consistent with basic biological, physical and/or behavioral science principles, laws and research?) None available
Comments and Evidence-Based Updates on the CAT (FOR PRACTICING DENTISTS', FACULTY, RESIDENTS and/or STUDENTS COMMENTS ON PUBLISHED CATs) None available