Digitisation is becoming a reality on the European dental market, with the issue becoming both tangible and clearly perceptible throughout the entire value-added chain. Digital-based equipment and processes have already transformed the workflow to a degree barely comparable with other sectors. Disruptive innovation such as digital impression using intraoral scanners or 3D printing harbour enormous savings potential across the entire value chain while, simultaneously, providing advantages that benefit patients. The digital workflow ultimately requires increasingly fewer consultations in practice, as diagnostics will probably occur in the patient's home in future, and remote treatment is no longer regarded as purely utopian. Dental products realised through 3D printing or video consultations are probably only the beginning in this respect.
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