Computers are becoming an integral part of the practice of dentistry. Smaller, smarter and more ergonomic computing devices will support an increasing proportion of dental practice activities. Technology will make practice management more efficient, mainly by reducing transactional overhead. Educational software and intelligent assistants will increasingly support the needs for decision making in clinical practice. Research will benefit from automated tools for data acquisition, management and analysis.

Dr Pratap M DFinal year postgraduate student in the department of Prosthodontics and Implant dentistry, RGUHS, Karnataka. Author has keen interest in the field of Digital Prosthetic dentistry.