How to Streamline Communication through Automated Implant Reports

It’s easy to think of technological innovation in terms of the things we can hold in our hands—whether it’s the latest smartphone or the latest intraoral scanner. However, software—which isn’t quite as tactile—plays a huge role in simplifying our day-to-day lives, as well as workflows in the practice. Implant planning is currently experiencing a renaissance in innovation, and in addition to the hardware—scanners, CBCT systems, etc.—that is part of that change, software is also changing the way implants are planned, placed and even ordered.

According to Mark Setter, D.D.S., M.S., an automatic implant report can also help doctors better brand their practice, build relationships with referrals and even make things easier for patients who may be moving.

Being able to create reports for my referrals based on individual images and add my office logo and notations to the report is very easy to do. I am able to do it on the fly, without having to dedicate time to do reports—this is very powerful to me as a dental specialist. Even packaging up the DICOM files to send with a patient who is moving out of the area is just a couple of mouse clicks away. We just copy the data to a memory device or CD and send it to the future dentist, with no real effort on our part.

Generating an implant report is supposed to streamline the doctor’s workflow, so look for software that allows reports to be run in a few clicks. In fact, the slides below demonstrate the one-click process of generating an implant report in Carestream Dental’s CS 3D Imaging software/Prosthetic-Driven Implant Planning module.