Technology supersedes basic science: Are we really in the path of progress?

[摘要] Dentistry is at the crossroads with technological advancements on a day-to-day basis. Is this boom a boon or a bane? No doubt, technology has made our jobs easier. We can now do things with motorized equipment in lesser time with lesser fatigue than in the past. Each specialty of dentistry has its own store of technological improvements for making things better – rotary endodontic instruments, lasers, CAD-CAM, and CT imaging to name a few. But in this journey of constant improvement of technology, have we pushed the basics into oblivion? In other words, are we making true progress in patient care? .