CAD/CAM - international magazine of digital dentistry

_The introduction of digital surface scanners to the dental field and the simplicity of data transfer are closing the gap in the creation of a completely “virtual patient” with the optimisation of the digital treatment workflow.1 Something that a few years ago sounded like science fiction in dentistry, is possi- ble today owing to the technological advances that have been incorporated into our field. The prosthetic, surgical,radiologicalandlaboratoryworldsarebeing fused in sophisticated digital platforms, enabled by the capacity to import the data obtained from digital surface scanners and the DICOM files into surgical and prosthetic planning software.2–4 The complete digitalisationofpatients’informationandthepossibil- itytocombineitofferseveraladvantagestoclinicians and are changing the way in which patients perceive invasive dental treatments. Because of their advan- tages in providing personalised treatment, intra-oral scanners for digital impressions and surgical simula- tionsoftwarewillbeusedasafundamentaltechnology for diagnosis, planning, treatment and prevention.5 _Case report A 55-year-old healthy female patient present - ed to our practice desiring mandibular molar I case report _ CBCT and digital surface scanner Fig. 1_ProMax 3D s CBCT imaging unit. (Source of the image: www.planmeca.com) Fig. 2_Digital surface scanner (TRIOS Cart solution, 3Shape). (Source of the image: www.3Shape.com) 26 I CAD/CAM 2_2014 Shortening guided surgical implant times based on a combination of CBCT and digital surface scanners Authors_Drs Alejandro Lanis & Orlando Álvarez del Canto, Chile Fig. 1 Fig. 2 CAD0214_26-31_Lanis 13.05.14 11:18 Seite 1