3D Facial Scanning: Dual-Arch Fixed Prostheses From Diagnosis to Delivery.

Three-dimensional (3D) facial scanners can be used to effectively and accurately diagnose, treatment plan, design, and deliver dental prostheses. The use of 3D facial scanning enables clinicians to replicate a patient's face 3-dimensionally in various lip positions to facilitate full-arch dentistry. Digitally replicating the face gives the clinician and technician the ability to visualize different possible lip positions. Tooth position can then be planned and designed and the smile design customized without the patient being physically present. In this case report, 3D facial scans were merged with intraoral scans and CBCT scans to enable planning, design, and delivery of dual-arch fixed prostheses.