When should I order a digital smile preview for an implant patient?
Order it fast, the same day if you can. The smile design service has a lag, often a day or more before the preview comes back, so any delay on your end stacks on top of theirs and pushes the whole presentation back. That matters because the gap between the exam and the presentation is already the danger zone where patients cool off. A digital smile preview is one of the most persuasive things you will put in front of a full-arch patient, because it lets them see the outcome instead of imagining it. So bake the order into your post-exam checklist as a same-day task with a name attached, not a vague intention. The patients who see themselves with a new smile decide differently than the ones staring at a treatment plan on paper. Do not let a turnaround delay rob you of that.
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