This CE article reviews these primary considerations and elaborates on their application in a challenging cosmetic case that utilizes smile design software. The digital evaluation also ensured that the chosen esthetic plan was minimally invasive and did not compromise tooth or supporting structures. The case offers a fine example of how the classical principles of symmetry and harmony are employed to create a smile that is integrated seamlessly and retains as much of the original dentition as was esthetically and functionally possible.
Oral surgeon integrates digital workflow with intraoral scanner and implantology software
The second article presents a special report on producing surgical guides, specifically one practitioner’s transition from analog methods to digital implant planning technologies.
This eBook also recounts one dental surgeon’s experience digitizing the production of surgical guides for his practice. When Evan Chafitz, DMD, initially outsourced this process, he felt it was tedious and expensive. However, since recognizing the advantages of intraoral scanning and learning to use the CAD software for planning implants, he has never looked back.”