Digital Implant Dentistry

The Right Digital Workflow for Every Patient

Implant dentistry can significantly improve the oral health, quality of life, satisfaction, and confidence of your patients. However, there are many limitations and concerns with free-hand implant surgery and traditional imaging, increasing the likelihood of severe complications and failure.

To increase case acceptance and achieve predictable outcomes, it’s imperative that clinicians use the best implant dentistry methods to deliver predictable and accurate results every time. DS Signature Workflows offer safe, convenient, and individualized treatments for Single, Partial, and Full Arch cases with fewer visits and chair time.

Every part of digital DS Signature Workflows is designed for exceptional diagnostic and surgical support to optimize accuracy, efficiency, esthetics, and longevity in every case.

Dentsply Sirona transforms digital implant dentistry with solutions from scan to crown that outperform expectations in bone health, longevity, and esthetics. It’s time for easier, more efficient, and more accurate implant procedures that build your practice.

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The Challenges by the Numbers

Profitability Issues

26%+ of implant treatment steps are not revenue producing/non-billable.¹

Low Patient Acceptance

51% of patients accept implant treatment—a lower-than-necessary percentage that is lowered because of patient fear and treatment costs.²

Overhead Costs

Overhead costs must be lower than 70% for implant procedures to be profitable.³

Pillars of Our DS Signature Workflows

Our DS Signature Workflows are designed to help you overcome key procedural challenges that impact patient outcomes and practice health.

Growth

A full range of easy-to-implement digital workflows from a single partner supports your growth, one patient at a time.

Speed

Accelerate patient treatment with a wide range of products designed for faster procedures, less chair time, and immediate placements.

Esthetics

Restore patient smiles with industry-leading esthetics that deliver a natural appearance and new confidence.

Longevity

Reducing patient visits, the number of steps and corrections for proven, long-lasting implant success.

DS PrimeTaper

Advancing implant dentistry for those that shape its future

This modern, fully-tapered implant offers seamless workflow integration from impression taking to the final restoration.

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The Future is Digital

Learn more about optimized dental implant workflows below.

Single Tooth DS Signature Workflow

Partial Tooth DS Signature Workflow

Full Arch DS Signature Workflow

Single Tooth DS Signature Workflow

While single tooth replacement is the most performed implant treatment, it's not without challenges. Key challenges include:

Low patient acceptance
Treatment complexity
Lack of predictability
Profitability issues

A streamlined workflow with a complete ecosystem of digital solutions and products can help overcome these challenges, enabling you to deliver oral health to your patients while running a health practice.

Workflow Insights

When performing single tooth replacements, efficiency and predictability are key along with keeping patients informed.

82% of clinicians say that inefficiencies hamper their single-unit procedures.¹

20% of presented final implant and restoration prices to the patient are a buffer to account for unforeseen costs.¹

Case acceptance increases when patients are presented with a CBCT.²

There’s a significant correlation between an informed patient and their comfort and satisfaction with treatment.⁴

Single Tooth Replacement Workflow

Diagnosis & Treatment Planning

Optimize case planning with an eye on the outcome through fast, accurate imaging and close collaboration with the lab.

Relevant products:

Augmentation

More efficient bone preservation and longevity begin by simplifying the augmentation procedure.

Relevant products:

OSSIX Bone
OSSIX Plus
OSSIX Volumax

Implant Placement

The ideal: simple, accurate, and immediate placement with no trade-offs in control or performance.

Relevant products:

Temporization

Pre-milled temporary restorations afford streamlined success, total control, and immediate esthetics.

Relevant products:

Atlantis Patient-Specific Abutments

Final Impression

Expect a higher degree of accuracy, simple handling, and incredibly accurate impressions.

Relevant products:

Final Restoration

Accurate design ensures excellent patient fit, enviable esthetics, and optimal, long-lasting outcomes.

Relevant products:

Partial DS Signature Workflow

Partial tooth replacements commonly present these challenges:

Increased complexity
Lack of predictability
Esthetic issues
Profitability issues

However, the right workflows and solutions can enable you to turn these challenges into strengths. Intuitive, digitally enabled workflows start with products and solutions designed to help you meet all your practice challenges. With those in place, you can:

Create streamlined workflows with fewer steps and complexity.
Increase patient volume and decrease stress with more precise planning due to predictable workflows.
Create long-lasting esthetic results and satisfy patients promoting profitable growth.
Accurately plan and scope work, preventing inflated patient costs that are common when providing a financial buffer for unforeseen work.

Workflow Insights

The #1 causes of failure for multiple-tooth replacement cases are the same: occlusal issues, chipping and missing passive fit.¹

66% of doctors identify augmentation as the most challenging step in the implant treatment process.¹

45% of U.S. implant surgeries are two-stage², although a one-stage surgery saves time and costs while increasing patient satisfaction.⁴

Lower patient preoperative anxiety creates higher patient satisfaction.⁶