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If weвЂ™re referring to the adjective used in technology, the definition of analog is: Conversely, when you stack porcelain, or process a denture, the materials go through various chemical and physical changes.Дigital 3D scanners and traditional techniques are quite different, but IвЂ™d rather hear the word вЂchemicalвЂ™, вЂorganicвЂ™, or вЂmagicвЂ™ given to traditional techniques before вЂanalogвЂ™.ДЄnalog, as its name suggests, refers to being analogous to something. You could write hundreds of blog posts on film development alone, but the point is that film photography is a chemical process.

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When you take a photo (perhaps of an aesthetic full mouth restoration), photons hit this material and produce a latent (invisible) image, that can later be brought into view by bathing the film in various chemicals. Leaning back on the camera analogy: Older cameras capture light with film, which is basically plastic, gelatin, and silver halide. If the new, fancy robot 3D scanners are вЂdigitalвЂ™ then our aging techniques are вЂanalogвЂ™, right? Not at all. I would venture a guess that the significant amount of technicians have used the word вЂanalogвЂ™ to refer to anything done traditionally. Digital cameras, and conversely digital 3d scanners capture light with a sensor, that light is converted into data (numbers), so the use of the word вЂdigitalвЂ™ for your cell phone camera, DSLR, or 3shape is accurate.ДЄnalog, however, is a very abused word. Any system that utilizes solid values (or digits) is digital, binary is simply the most common system. Digital shouldnвЂ™t be confused with binary, of course, as digital simply means concrete values. Ones and zeros, on and off, digital is all about numbers. The word digital, to most people, refers to a device that can capture, store, or display data in a binary fashion.

But we have to be careful not to confuse вЂoldвЂ™ and вЂnewвЂ™, with two very specific terms like analog and digital. I have had a digital SLR from Canon for years now, and theyвЂ™re obviously extremely different. As an analogy, I recently picked up a used Canon Rebel G from the вЂ™90s used to shoot film.

Restorations that are handmade are not analog, period. The real kicker, and reason for this post, is those who position traditional handmade work as the вЂanalogвЂ™ opposite of digital dental technology. IвЂ™ve heard the work of contemporary digital artists and designers compared to the вЂanalog artвЂ™ of painters. I recall a video that referred to 1950вЂ™s classrooms as вЂanalog learningвЂ™ as opposed to our modern classroomsвЂ™ use of computers and the internet. And donвЂ™t worry, itвЂ™s not just us, IвЂ™ve seen the same mistake made in the New York Times. So this post is to collectively save us all from ever sounding stupid to technology nerds ever again. We often refer to analog technologies as being anything preceding digital technology. Many of us in the dental field have been using the word вЂanalogвЂ™ improperly. Analog Is Not the Opposite of Digital YouвЂ™re Doing it Wrong.

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