Alessandro Pozzi: Modern 3D treatment plan - from the virtual to the reality

Patients request not only functional restorations, but also esthetic rehabilitation, improvement of appearance, smile and self-esteem. To support this objective, modern digital planning systems combine guided surgery assistance with appropriate and comprehensive diagnostic and treatment planning tools. Dr Pozzi reviews and explains how the various parameters like bone volume, soft tissue architecture, facial analysis, ideal implant position, prosthetic restoration and emergence profile design and other aspects can be merged and integrated in a virtual treatment planning process. The planning results can be communicated to the lab, which can fabricate the ideal temporary and surgery template, which will be able to guide the surgery from incision design to osteotomy and implant placement.