Another Triumph for 3D Medical Printing

Dental implant surgical guides have become increasingly easy to make and reliable to work with. But dental surgery isn’t the only field where engineers are pushing the envelope of what is possible with individualized 3D printing technology. This story underscores just how far we’ve come. A 3D printed heart is helping surgeons visualize and [...]

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Guided Implant Dentistry 101

At Scan Implant Guide, we are constantly turning around precision dental guides on a deadline, giving dentists and surgeons fast access to the most advanced guides in the nation. Because we live and thrive on the tech side of the equation, we are rarely involved directly in the persuasion side: teaching dental professionals and their […]

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3D Printed Medicine Changes Everything

One more post this week on the paradigm shift that 3D printing has heralded, and the many ways that medical care will become easier, faster, and more democratic around the globe thanks to this emerging technology. This article lays out the argument for where we’re headed, noting that bioprinted limbs, organs and pills are already […]

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3D Printed Braces as a DUI Project?

It has been well established for some time that custom, transparent aligners can mirror the effects of those old-fashioned braces many of us grew up with. Companies like InvisAlign have made significant inroads over time espousing the value of this approach, even snagging the tacit endorsement of a certain A List star on the world’s […]

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3D Printing is Changing Medicine

We’ve written some posts where we focus on our stock in trade – 3D printed surgical guides for dental implants – and others where we take a step back to survey the state of the technology generally. This week we became aware of yet another story of victorious technology in the realm of medical applications. […]

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Why Surgical Guides Speed the Process

It is a paradox at the center of 3D printing: although the printing itself is fast, the preparation, which can includes detailed scans and software tweaks, may slow the process inexorably. That’s all changing as production of surgical guides begins to benefit from powerful computing and more rapid prototyping. As the software continues to [...]

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The Bleeding Edge of Medical 3D Printing

Dental surgical guides have changed everything about the way that dentists plan and execute dental implant procedures. The reason is simple: when you can model the entire surgery ahead of time digitally, you can make a difficult procedure practically routine. Other industries are sitting up and taking notice. It isn’t hard to imagine a future [...]

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3D Printers and Medicine: a Perfect Match

Everyone is different. That is the one painfully obvious fact that undermines a great deal of medical care in this nation without ever quite rising to the level of consciousness. Procedures that work flawlessly on some patients can fail others, and often doctors cannot predict why with any success. 3D printing upsets this paradigm in […]

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Do I Need a Cone Beam Scanner?

In response to a recent question about whether investing in a cone beam computed tomography scanner (CBCT) is clinically necessary, one expert offered a clear answer: We have now had cone beam in our clinic for more than 13 years. My candid statement about its value can be summed up easily by the following sentence. […]

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An Ode to 3D Printed Guides and More

An illuinating intervew was recently published about 3D printed medical devices, and their expanding capacity to meet a diverse set of needs worldwide. One technology expert has commented on this future, painting a picture of production as rosy as it is viable: You can really print anything you want — I’ve printed everything from breasts, […]

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How to Use Implant Surgical Guides

As one of the leading providers of 3D printed surgical guides for dental implant procedures, we believe our job is to make these products dead simple to use. From your scan uploads all the way through fabrication and execution, our surgical guides are built to provide a friction-free experience. One of the many ways we […]

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3D Printed Surgical Guides Save a Patient

Dental surgical guides are widely renowned for their ease of use. Because everything is flawlessly contoured and drilled to provide “paint by numbers” dental surgery, these guides are a tremendous boon to dental surgeons who want to avoid errors. But the applications of these clever devices go beyond dental implantology. Recently a slightly [...]

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Buy Implant Surgical Guide Kits

Looking to buy implant surgical guide kits but don’t know how to choose? Here are a few easy tips to help you sort through the options and zero in on a reliable solution for your dental practice. Ease of Use Many dental implant surgical guide kits are feature-rich, but that doesn’t mean that they’re user-friendly. […]

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The Freedom of Surgical Guide Software

There are few environments for surgery more unforgiving than actual human biology. Between the fluids, the trace substances, and the very real ticking clock of a patient under anesthesia, it is hard to imagine a more hostile environment in which to perfect your craft. Surgical guide software gives you just the opposite: infinite time, space [...]

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Implant Surgical Guide Kits

Dental implants have become increasingly popular over the last few years, which is why more and more dental practices are leading into the marketplace. The limiting factor is skill, of course, so a number of professionals have begun invest in surgical guide kits that offers real-world guidance throughout the dental implant process. Our [...]

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Dental Surgical Guides 101

Last week we brought you a video that showcased some of the basic steps and advantages associated with our unique 3D fabrication process. Today we’d like to highlight some of the steps entailed in moving from imaging all the way through a guided surgical dental implant procedure. Our parent company, AB Dental, has prepared an […]

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Growing Market for Dental Surgery Guides

If you own a dental surgery practice, you’d probably like to give your patients access to the latest tools and technologies. Whether that means dental implants or outstanding dental surgery tools, it’s essential to remain in the vanguard as the dental surgery industry continues to evolve. One area that has demonstrated explosive growth [...]

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The Science of Dental Surgical Guides

As one of the premier providers of dental surgical guides, Scan Implant Guide is at the forefront of a growing movement to eliminate the messy impression plates of the past, and push dental surgery into a digital future. This recent article explains that dental implant surgical guides are more than just convenient; they are more […]

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Welcome to the Scan Implant Guide Blog

We’re relaunching this blog as a space to talk more about surgical guides for dental implant surgery, and how you can use robust software and digital imaging to improve your dental surgery practice. If you’ve never used a precision product like our surgical guides before, you may be heartened to discover just how much of the guesswork […]

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