CAD/CAM - international magazine of digital dentistry

36 I I industry news _ DENTSPLY Implants CAD/CAM 1_2014 _The dental implant market, from its clinical and laboratory procedures to its business models, is evolving rapidly. Digitalisation and prosthetically driven implant treatments are the main drivers of this progress, with guided surgery being key to un- lockingdigitalpotential.Itallowsclinicianstodeliver implants according to plan, which in turn enables prostheticresultsasplanned.Followingthedemands of this fast-developing market, DENTSPLY Implants now offers a brand new solution that, for the first time, combines the advantages of SIMPLANT guided surgery and patient-specific ATLANTIS abutments for time-saving perfect aesthetic results. A focus session titled “Prosthetically driven treatment planning and execution powered by computer guided surgery” was held in Belgium in early August 2013. Three prosthodontists with profoundknowledgeofdigitaldentistry(DrMarcus Dagnelid, private practice in Gothenburg in Swe- den; Dr David Guichet, private practice in Orange in the USA; and Dr Goran Benic, the University of Zurich in Switzerland) met to share their experi- ences and expectations for digital dentistry in gen- eral, and the innovative state-of-the-art solution fromDENTSPLYImplantsinparticular.Theclinicians had tried out the new solution in advance and, over the course of the session, they had the opportunity to discuss this new treatment option with their colleagues for the first time. So, what is this solution all about? In order to provide dental clinics and laboratories with cutting- edge innovation, DENTSPLY Implants merged its world-recognised digital open solutions SIMPLANT Digital open solutions from DENTSPLYImplants offer promising change and opportunity New solution combining SIMPLANTandATLANTIS provides patients with fully individualised immediate restoration—in one visit Fig. 1 CAD0114_36-38_Dentsply 14.04.14 11:51 Seite 1