Digital Technology Redefining Implant Therapies: Two Case Reports

Providing clinicians with comprehensive tools to transform the smiles of their patients, digital applications are wholly changing the dental profession. The impact of technology on the delivery of care has enabled clinicians to be increasingly more analytical and meticulous in planning and rigidly focused on the predictability of outcomes. Tools are available that allow clinicians to better understand their patients, not only anatomically and biomedically, but with regard to their personal goals for their oral care. This article highlights some of the more profound technological advancements clinicians have at their disposal to both plan and deliver streamlined minimally invasive treatment that equals or exceeds historically cutting-edge esthetic dentistry. The case studies presented indicate how professional collaboration and prosthetically driven planning may be utilized to achieve lofty goals for patient satisfaction, even in highly complex and challenging cases.