Conrad Rensburg: The future is now - the collaborative team approach

A team approach and cooperation between the treatment team is key for treatment success, and lack of collaboration is a potential recipe for complications. Patients have increasing demands and expectations, become more and more informed, and have access to informations to detect complications and unsuccessful treatment results. The team ideally comprises the surgeon, the restorative clinician, the lab technician, the support from the implant manufacturer and product quality and functionality. Conrad Rensburg presents unsuccessful treatment and restoration design examples, explains how they could be rescued, and discusses how a team approach can help to avoid complications. Sometimes the lab technician is the first team member to see potential complications and can get back to the team before finalizing the restoration. Digital treatment planning can greatly improve treatment predictability and success. By directly superimposing the patient CBCT data with the model scan data, the smart fusion technology provides a more streamlined and easier digital workflow procedure.