Implant Cases: What the Lab Needs Before Design Starts

The scan arrives with a scan body on it. The prescription says implant crown. Nobody wrote which system, which platform or which scan body was used. Design stops, someone emails the practice, and the case waits.

Implant cases depend on a few references that only the practice knows. When one is missing or vague, the lab cannot safely guess it.

The general checks for any incoming case are in the case intake checklist. This article covers only what implant cases add before design.

What to confirm before design

• The implant system and platform
• The scan body used, by brand and reference
• The connection type, and whether the restoration should engage
• Screw-retained or cemented, and the abutment the dentist expects
• Who approves the design before it goes to production

On an implant case, a guess is not a starting point. It is a risk.

Ask once, with the full list

When something is missing, send the practice every open question in one message, the same day. Three separate emails over three days cost more time than one clear list, and the answers are easier to keep together.

Keep the references with the case

Implant details often arrive in a phone call or a reply buried in an email thread. When the designer opens the case, those answers should be next to the scan. Dentys keeps references, files and practice messages on the same case, so the next person does not have to ask again.

Try it on this week's implant cases

For each one, note whether design could start without a question to the practice. If it often could not, add those references to what you check when the case arrives.