Guided implant surgery has become one of the most important tools available in dentistry, providing results that yield more predictable restorative results. It is also one of the areas that we get the most questions about. In this article, we will highlight three of the options available to clinicians who want to integrate guided surgery into their practice.

Before talking about guided workflows, it is important to preface my comments with an encouragement to get some basic training on these processes before jumping in solo. Even if you use a different workflow the feedback that we have received from our clients is that CAD-Ray.com offers excellent “jump-start” seminars on the basics of guided surgery. You will save yourself from making many mistakes of wasted time and resources by learning from Dr. Armen Mirzayan’s experience. CAD-Ray’s intro program will give you a head-start on which surgical kits to invest in, surgical planning and guide design tips, as well as practical surgical procedures that will keep you on solid clinical ground.

From our experience with our clients at Burbank Dental Lab, after fabricating over 9,000 guided surgery appliances in the last 3 years, we have seen what works well for the average clinician. What matters most to the doctors that we have worked with is Control and Options. The three workflows that offer greatest design control and fabrication choices are Blue Sky Plan, CAD-Ray.com, and SICAT’s DIGITALGUIDE.