Our Workflow — From Consultation to Final Restoration | HDS
Consultation
Digital Records
Treatment Planning
Surgical Coordination
Manufacturing
Same-Day Provisional Delivery
Final Restoration
The Process
Every Step,
Explained
Each phase of the HDS workflow is designed to eliminate the variables that cause complications, delays, and remakes in complex implant cases.
Consultation
Case Review & Clinical Assessment
Every HDS case begins with a clinical consultation — a structured review of the patient's medical and dental history, existing radiographs, photographs, and restorative goals. Your HDS clinical liaison works with you to define the scope of treatment, identify potential complications, and establish the clinical objectives that will guide every subsequent step.
This is not a sales call. It is a clinical conversation between professionals. We ask the questions that prevent problems downstream.
Digital Records
In-Office Data Capture
An HDS clinical technology specialist is deployed to your practice to capture the complete digital record set required for complex case planning. This includes full-arch intraoral scans, CBCT volumetric imaging, standardized photographic documentation, facial measurements, and occlusal registrations.
We capture everything required to plan the case completely — not just what is convenient. Incomplete records are the most common cause of planning errors and surgical complications.
Treatment Planning
Collaborative Digital Planning
All digital records are integrated into a unified planning environment. Implant positions are planned prosthetically — the restoration drives the implant position, not the other way around. Restorative space is verified, emergence profiles are designed, and the complete prosthetic plan is established before surgery is scheduled.
Planning meetings are conducted collaboratively with the surgeon, restorative doctor, and HDS treatment planner. Every decision is documented and shared.
Surgical Coordination
Surgical Guide Fabrication & Pre-Surgical Preparation
With the treatment plan approved, HDS fabricates the surgical guide to the exact implant positions specified in the digital plan. Simultaneously, the provisional bridge is designed and fabricated — ready for immediate loading on the day of surgery. All surgical and prosthetic components are verified against the plan before the patient enters the operatory.
The provisional bridge is designed, milled, and quality-checked before surgery. When implants are placed in the planned positions, the provisional fits precisely.
Manufacturing
Precision Fabrication
HDS fabricates all restorative components using CAD/CAM technology — milling, 3D printing, and digital finishing. Materials are selected based on the clinical requirements of each case: zirconia for definitive full-arch restorations, PMMA for provisionals, titanium frameworks for hybrid prosthetics. Every restoration is quality-checked against the digital plan before delivery.
No analog steps. No guesswork. Every component is fabricated to the digital specification established in the planning phase.
Same-Day Provisional Delivery
Immediate Loading at Time of Surgery
On the day of surgery, the pre-fabricated provisional bridge is delivered and loaded immediately following implant placement. The provisional is designed to be out of occlusion — protecting osseointegration while giving the patient a fixed, aesthetic restoration from day one. Patients leave surgery with teeth.
This is one of the most significant differentiators in modern implant dentistry. The psychological and clinical impact of same-day provisional delivery is profound.
Final Restoration
Definitive Prosthetic Delivery
Following the osseointegration period, the definitive restoration is fabricated to the same digital plan used for the provisional. Because the implant positions, emergence profiles, and occlusal scheme were established at the planning stage, the final restoration fits precisely and functions as designed. The transition from provisional to definitive is seamless.
The final restoration is the culmination of a process that began months earlier — a process designed to make this moment predictable, not stressful.
"When every variable is controlled — implant position, prosthetic design, material selection, occlusal scheme — outcomes become predictable. Predictability is the foundation of a referral-based practice."
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