Overview
In general, the scanning workflow can be divided into 3 levels.
1st level: Temporary teeth and bite
2nd level: Natural teeth and edentulous jaws
3rd level: Coded scan body
You can imagine the scan workflow is logical and aims to simplify the work steps. Hence, it is following the order of installation and uninstallation.
How to scan a full arch implant case?
Here, we took the all-on-6 maxilla jaw as an example.
STEP 1: Scan the temporary teeth of the maxilla
Please turn on the “Intraoral Scan” and “All-on-X temporary teeth” buttons in advance before scanning the real patient.
Please scan the junction part of the gingiva and the temporary teeth, because we need to align the gingiva data to align the jaw and the temporary teeth in the following steps.
STEP 2: Scan the natural teeth of the mandible
Please turn on the “Intraoral Scan” button before scanning the real patient.
STEP 3: Scan the bite data
Please turn on the “Intraoral Scan” and “All-on-X temporary teeth” buttons in advance before scanning the real patient.
STEP 4: Edentulous maxilla scan
Please turn on the “Intraoral Scan” and “edentulous jaw” buttons before scanning the real patient. After scanning, the edentulous jaw will be aligned with the temporary teeth automatically.
STEP 5: Coded scan body scan
Please follow the schematic to scan the scan bodies in 2 steps.
Just scan the clear data of the dots on the upper surfaces, and the 6 points on the hexagons of each scan body.
There are 3 statuses of the dots:
Orange: insufficient data
Light green: the current frame has been captured
Dark green: sufficient data with full recognition
STEP 6: Alignment of the coded scan body and the mandible
Scan the connection parts of the jaw and the coded scan body. You will find the dynamic animation of the coded scan body group and the mandible data. After alignment, stop scanning.
Follow the order of the below icons: lateral surface > opposite lateral surface > front surface (if necessary).
Scan from the connection part to the lateral surface of the scan body, and then scan the jaw.
STEP 7: Convert
After alignment, the software will require users to conver the coded scan bodies into the bran scan bodies. Select the target scan body and click "match" to convert.