[Application of face scanning in implant-supported restoration treatment of dentition defect]

In recent years, the increasingly mature oral digital technology has opened a new era of implant treatment. Before implant treatment, digital information is collected from various aspects and virtual patients are constructed based on three-dimensional (3D) scanning technology, and this greatly optimizes the preoperative virtual tooth arrangement, esthetic design and implant treatment plan, and brings great clinical convenience to patients and doctors. In this review, the application and new progress of facial 3D scanning technology in the field of implantology will be described, and the opportunities and challenges brought by digitalization technology to clinicians will be deeply discussed, in order to provide a reference for implantologists to fully understand the application of digitalization in the field of implantology.