The infinity of opportunity: breaking barriers to technological change in dentistry.

ABSTRACT

This essay characterizes the nature of the technologically current dental office and identifies challenges to be overcome in accelerating the introduction of technology. These challenges include dentists' preference for serial introduction of incremental change, lack of a network for communicating information on technology, the dental market of small and independent offices that make it difficult for manufacturers to finance innovative products, and the need to integrate technological change in dental education.