Artificial intelligence facilitated smile design for the rehabilitation of a fully maxillary edentulous patient with a complete arch implant‐supported prosthesis: A dental technique

This dental technique describes the use of an artificial intelligence (AI)-facilitated digital workflow in the rehabilitation of an edentulous maxilla with a complete-arch implant-supported prosthesis. The patient's 2D frontal facial photograph was merged with a 3D digitized wax-rim record base in AI-supported smile design software to create an AI facially- guided virtual tooth setup without the use of a facebow transfer. The AI-generated facially driven smile design established esthetic parameters and guided the fabrication of a printed prototype, which was then used for the dual-scan CBCT protocol for the prosthetically driven planning of zygomatic and conventional implants. After osseointegration, a fully modeless workflow utilizing horizontal grammetry (Straumann EXACT, Switzerland) enabled accurate digital capture of implant positions for CAD-CAM fabrication of a titanium framework and monolithic zirconia restoration. This AI-enhanced approach streamlined the treatment visits and improved the esthetic predictability in complex edentulous rehabilitation.