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CAD/CAM - international magazine of digital dentistry

I 37 industry news _ DENTSPLY Implants I CAD/CAM 1_2014 and ATLANTIS. The new SIMPLANT 16 software com- bines the benefits of computer-guided surgery with patient-specific ATLANTIS abutment solutions, ad- vancing surgery and restoration to a new level. It enablesacompletelydigitalprocessthatstoresallin- formationwithouthavingtorestarttreatmentagain. What does this mean for the clinician? The pa- tient’s data only has to be recorded once and can be used for everything, including reliable planning, safe execution of implant surgery, and creation of apatient-specificabutmentandaCAD/CAMtempo- rarycrown.Inotherwords,aSIMPLANTSAFEGuide, a patient-specific ATLANTIS abutment, and a tem- porarycrownbasedontheATLANTISAbutmentCore File can be ordered in one seamless step. This way, the patient can be treated in one treatment session and leave with a perfect temporary restoration. Incollaborationwiththelaboratory,theclinician gathers the digital data required, including the digital representation of the planned tooth, in the Fig. 1_Clockwise from left: Dr David Guichet, Dr Marcus Dagnelid and Dr Goran Benic at the meeting in Leuven in Belgium. Fig. 2_A preview of a SIMPLANT SAFE Guide in SIMPLANT 16. The slot in the guide indicates the correct rotational aspect of the implant. Fig. 3_The unique SIMPLANT view allows the clinician to review the entire treatment plan digitally. Above is a review of an ATLANTIS abutment in the context of a digital wax-up. Fig. 4_The alveolus after extraction of a central incisor. Figs. 5a & b_An initial ATLANTIS abutment in titanium with a temporary crown (a). A final ATLANTIS abutment in gold-shaded titanium with a final crown (b). Fig. 2 Fig. 4Fig. 3 Fig. 5a Fig. 5b CAD0114_36-38_Dentsply 14.04.14 11:51 Seite 2