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I industry report _ implant treatment planning _Digital dentistryhaschangedthewayIpractice— for the better. I’m a prosthodontist practicing out of Monterey, Calif. I’ve got a progressive and successful practice, with a great team assisting me in providing patients with excellence in dentistry every step of the way. I’ve had the E4D Dentist and NEVO systems (now Planmeca PlanScan) for more than three years now, and they have provided my patients with a unique dentalexperienceeverytimeI’veusedthem—digitalim- pressions,restorationsinoneappointmentandquicker turnaroundswithlargercases.Allwithoutcompromise inform,fit,functionoresthetics. I’ve involved my whole team, from Irma, my chair- side assistant who has become a CAD/CAM dental designer(CDD)andaclinicalintegrationspecialist(CIS), to Frank, a dental technician with more than 30 years bench experience who is now “gaga” over what he can do with a mouse rather than a hot waxing instrument. I do it all—inlays, onlays, crowns and veneers from singletoothtoextensivecases. Take my word for it—if you haven’t looked at this type of system in the last couple of years, you haven’t lookedatall.Anddon’tbelievewhatyou’veheardorseen before.Thistechnologyworks. But now it’s gotten even better and in a way that is morepassionatetomyinterestsindentistry—implants. More specifically, it provides all dental professionals amorepredictablewaytocommunicatewithpatients, specialists and laboratories. It’s a way to get exactly what you’ve planned for—restorative-driven implant therapy—withPlanmecaPlanScanandRomexis. In the implant world, we’ve always talked a good game and have extensive preoperative plans with the laboratory, the surgeon and the patient. We mock up diagnostic plans, get surgical stents and then hope for the best as we send our patient along the implant placementtrail. But, and we’ve all had it happen, something goes awry. The surgical stent doesn’t make it into the place- mentprocedureorthesurgeonputstheimplant“where the bone is” and not necessarily where the restoration needstobe.Thenwhat? These surprise events in the continuum of implant therapy can set the final treatment plan back and dramatically increase the cost of treatment for the patient and the restorative dentist, let alone throw us allintoastateofrecoveryandembarrassment. _Revolutionizing restorative/ implant planning Digital dentistry is coming to the rescue. With Plan- mecaRomexis,you’reabletocombineconebeamdatafor the3-D“internal”viewofthepatientalongwithintraoral datafromthePlanmecaintraoral(PlanScan)scans. Only the Planmeca Romexis combines the data chairside from multiple sources and provides the clini- 16 I cone beam1_2015 Restorative-driven implant therapy Author_Dr Curtis Jansen, USA Fig. 2Fig. 1