Understanding the Workflow from Impression to Definitive Restoration in a Fully Digital Implant World
hosted byZimVie Inc.Understanding the Workflow from Impression to Definitive Restoration in a Fully Digital Implant World is organized by ZimVie Inc.. This course has been approved for a maximum of 1 Self-Study Continuing Education Credit.
Program Description:
The introduction of intraoral digital scanners for use with coded healing abutments has eliminated the need for traditional impressions. Instead, the scanner data can be used to create a three-dimensional digital model of a coded healing abutment in the patient’s mouth. Abutment design can be greatly enhanced, and the interval between impression making and delivery of the computer-milled titanium definitive abutment/restoration can be significantly compressed. This program will review the steps involved in using intraoral scanning technology to create definitive, CAD/CAM patient-specific implant-supported restorations. Benefits and limitations of scanners currently available will be discussed, along with design principles used in CAD/CAM abutment design.
Learning Objectives:
At the completion of the program, participants should be able to:
- Describe the critical differences between analog-based and fully digital-based implant dentistry.
- Describe the procedures involved in taking a digital implant impression with the BellaTek® Encode® Impression System.
- Have a working knowledge of the workflows necessary to create an implant-supported restoration from a digital impression and the associated time savings.
- Provide treatment based on the patient’s needs while reducing chair time and achieving aesthetic outcomes.
- List the benefits of utilizing a fully digital workflow to create implant-supported restorations