New and emerging technologies: promise, achievement and deception.
Technology has touched every aspect of dentistry from diagnosis to treatment. The promises and limitations of several emerging technologies, including lasers, digital radiology and electronic anesthesia, are reviewed.
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School of Dentistry, Marquette University, Milwaukee 53233.
D000766:Anesthesia, Dental / Q000379:methods; D003201:Computers; D004580:Electronarcosis; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D011861:Radiography, Dental / Q000379:methods; D012390:Root Canal Therapy / Q000379:methods; D012463:Saliva / Q000502:physiology; D018581:Technology Transfer; D013674:Technology, Dental / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D013675:Technology, High-Cost