Implant Scanning Best Practices

Below, we've outlined scanning best practice techniques that will increase the likelihood of success for your implant case:

  • Please scan both full arches to completion.
  • Emergence profile scan should be captured without the healing cap.
  • Scan body should be torqued until hand-tight.
  • When beginning your scan of the seated scan body, turn on the scanner over the occlusal surface of a nearby tooth and then move the scanner to the scan body.
  • Scan of scan body should not have green or white patches when complete.
  • Remove scan body for bite scans.
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