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Digital Implant Impressions: Best Practices for Predictable Scanning & Restorative Success

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Taylor Manalili, DDS
Digital Implant Impressions: Best Practices for Predictable Scanning & Restorative Success

Course Objectives

2 CE Credits

In this course, Dr. Manalili presents a practical, clinically focused approach to capturing accurate digital implant impressions for cases ranging from single-unit to full-arch rehabilitations.

Participants will learn how workflow selection, scan strategy, clinical technique, and verification protocols influence restorative success. The course covers best practices for scan sequencing, implant position capture, bite alignment, and peri-implant tissue scanning, while highlighting common digital impression errors and strategies to prevent them.

By the end of the program, attendees will be able to improve scan accuracy, streamline communication with the laboratory, and support more predictable restorative outcomes.

Learning Objectives

  • Select appropriate digital workflows and Rx setups for implant cases from single-unit to full-arch.
  • Explain how scan sequencing directly affects accuracy and bite alignment.
  • Demonstrate proper intraoral scanning techniques to accurately capture implant position, path of draw, and peri-implant soft tissue architecture.
  • Identify the most common errors in digital implant impressions and apply targeted clinical strategies to improve scan accuracy.
  • Evaluate digital case submissions by systematically reviewing scans, notes, and photographs to confirm completeness and clarity prior to lab transfer.

Recognition & Approval

Pace Approval

Glidewell Education Center
Nationally Approved PACE Provider for FAGD/MAGD credit
Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority, or AGD endorsement. 3/1/2024 to 2/29/2028.
Provider ID# 216789

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Taylor Manalili, DDS

Dr. Taylor Manalili is director of clinical prosthodontics at Glidewell. Since joining Glidewell in 2018 as the company’s first-ever Fellow, she has conducted clinical research and performed advanced restorative work, including implant placement, chairside restorations and full-mouth rehabilitations. Dr. Manalili earned her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree as well as a certificate in the advanced specialty of prosthodontics from Stony Brook University. Throughout her residency, Dr. Manalili served as a clinical instructor for predoctoral students and provided lectures to students, residents and local dentists.


Teaching Method and Cost

Teaching Method: Self Instruction
Cost: Free

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