Integrating a Full Digital Workflow to Achieve Optimal Surgical and Restorative Outcomes in Implant Dentistry

Although the scientific evidence supporting complete digital workflows in implant dentistry is limited, practitioners continue to show increasing interest in implementing these types of protocols into clinical practice. The digital workflow enhances the ability of surgical clinicians, restoring dentists, other specialists, and technicians to collaborate in the treatment planning process to idealize treatment outcomes and achieve truly prosthetically driven restorative outcomes. This article describes the flow of this process and reviews software applications that can be utilized to strengthen the output of the digital workflow. A step-by-step approach to the digital workflow for dentistry consisting of nine "digital touchpoints" is outlined.