Implementing 3D Facial Scans into the Full Arch Digital Workflow: A Predictable Pathway for Surgical and Prosthetic Success.

Abstract

Combining cone-beam computed tomography scans, intraoral jaw scans, and facial scans allow modern dentistry the ability to accurately create a virtual patient. The enormous emphasis on digital full arch implant workflow has spawned vast innovation, opening the doors for practitioners to treat the terminally dentate and edentulous patients with more efficiency, precision, and satisfaction. As every patient presents with different conditions, protocols must be developed to facilitate an accurate virtual patient. These protocols must provide a direct match of the digital datasets to the patient.