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Guided Surgery, Restorative Precision, and Digital Workflows
Articles and guided implant case studies from the TrueGuide Dental lab: surgical guides, CBCT and scan records, full-arch planning and lab restorations, written for dentists who place and restore implants.
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How to Order a Surgical Guide From Any State
TrueGuide Dental plans implants and prints surgical guides for dentists in all 50 states. Upload a CBCT and scan, review the plan on a call, and the guide ships 48 hours after approval.
Yaan Reznik
Sep 243 min read


Dental Lab Prices 2026: Crowns, Implant Crowns and All-on-X
TrueGuide Lab prices: zirconia crown $99, PFM $89, e.max $139, implant crown on a Ti-base $349, All-on-X from $2,999. Turnaround 5 to 7 business days, all 50 states.
Yaan Reznik
Sep 243 min read


How Much Does a Surgical Guide Cost? 2026 Price Table
A standard surgical guide from TrueGuide Dental is $279 for two implant sites, a full-arch guide is $579 flat, and a stackable full-arch system starts at $2,559.
Yaan Reznik
Sep 242 min read


All-on-X Surgical Guides: What the Lab Needs and What You Get Back
What an All-on-X case asks of a surgical guide, why full-arch work gets a stackable system, how much restorative space each design needs, and what TrueGuide Lab needs from your records.
Yaan Reznik
Sep 174 min read


In-Office 3D Printing for Surgical Guides: What to Ask Before You Buy
Most dental printers publish no accuracy figure for a surgical guide, and a crown time is not a guide time. The three questions that actually decide whether in-office printing works.
Yaan Reznik
Sep 167 min read


Can AI Approve an Implant Plan?
Planning software can propose an implant plan. It cannot approve one. Where automatic segmentation and registration fail, why the failures look like finished plans, and the three checks to make before you approve any plan.
Yaan Reznik
Sep 169 min read


The Guide Does Not Seat: A Chairside Protocol for Surgery Day
What to do when a surgical guide will not seat on surgery day: the three seating checks, the two common causes, what you can relieve, when to bail out, and who pays for the remake.
Yaan Reznik
Sep 1610 min read


Stackable Guides for Full-Arch: How the Stack Indexes, and What It Needs From You
How a stackable full-arch guide indexes to a pinned base, what each component does, what the published accuracy data actually shows, and what a guide laboratory needs to build one.
Yaan Reznik
Sep 1614 min read


Surgical Guide Types: What Each One Sits On, and What It Needs From You
Tooth-, tissue-, bone-supported and stackable guides, pilot versus fully guided, sleeves, accuracy numbers, and what each one needs from your records.
Yaan Reznik
Sep 1619 min read


What a Guide Lab Needs From Your CBCT and Intraoral Scan
The records a surgical guide lab needs to plan an implant case, the scan settings that matter, and the four things that stop a case before planning starts.
Yaan Reznik
Sep 1516 min read


Case Study: Guided Maxillary All-on-4, Four Remaining Teeth to Fixed Teeth
Four non-restorable maxillary teeth extracted and four guided implants placed, posterior pair tilted, with a same-day provisional. Planned by TrueGuide Dental.
Yaan Reznik
Sep 152 min read


Case Study: Guided Maxillary Full Arch, Seven Roots to Six Implants
Seven non-restorable maxillary roots extracted and six guided implants placed, posterior implants tilted, then immediately loaded. Planned by TrueGuide Dental.
Yaan Reznik
Sep 152 min read


Case Study: Guided Mandibular Implant Replacement, Four Failing Implants to Six
Four failing mandibular implants explanted and replaced by six guided implants in prosthetically driven positions, with grafting. Planned by TrueGuide Dental.
Yaan Reznik
Sep 152 min read


Case Study: Guided Mandibular Full Arch, Seven Extractions and Six Implants
Seven non-restorable mandibular teeth extracted and six implants placed through a pinned stackable guide, immediately loaded. Planned by TrueGuide Dental.
Yaan Reznik
Sep 152 min read


Case Study: Guided Maxillary Full-Arch Revision, Seven Failing Implants to Four
A failing seven-implant maxillary full arch explanted and restored on four guided implants, immediately loaded in one visit. Planned by TrueGuide Dental.
Yaan Reznik
Sep 152 min read
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