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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Surgical Guides

Guide types, sleeves, fit, materials and handling, from the people who print them.

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

TrueGuide Dental - how much a surgical guide costs

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

TrueGuide Dental - All-on-X surgical guides and what the lab needs

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

TrueGuide Dental - in-office 3D printing for surgical guides

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

TrueGuide Dental - when a surgical guide does not seat

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

TrueGuide Dental - surgical guide types and what each one sits on

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

Base template seated on the mandible with bone-anchored fixation pins

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