Clinical guide · Prep and scan
Digital Dental Prep and Scan Workflow
A free, printable 12-step guide that takes your team from crown preparation to a great digital impression.
Free practice resources
Practical guides for digital restorations.
Short, printable guides from Eric True, drawn from decades at the lab bench and chairside. Free for any practice to download and use.
Start here
Featured guides and sheets
Chairside checklist · Laminated card
Crown & Bridge Case Checklist
A 5.5 × 8.5 dry-erase card to laminate, prepared by Eric True: three quick checks (Preprep, Prescan and Postscan) for every crown case, with the Remake Scan Sheet on the back.
Remake workflow · Half page
Remake Scan Sheet
One side, one half page: the pictures to take, the scans to take and what to send with every remake.
Case workflows
Digital Dental Leaders case workflows
Step-by-step workflows for everyday cases, from shade selection to sending the case, on the Digital Dental Leaders site.
Printing the half-page sheets: print one-sided at Actual size (100%) on 5.5 × 8.5 paper, or choose “2 per letter sheet” to print on regular letter paper and cut it in half.
All guides and checklists
Digital Dental Prep and Scan Workflow
Prepared by Eric True and Dr. Stephen True · 4 pages
Twelve steps from crown preparation to a great digital impression, with a chairside checklist.
Digital Dental Leaders Case Workflows
On the Digital Dental Leaders site
Step-by-step workflows for everyday cases, from shade selection to sending the case.
Crown & Bridge Case Checklist
Prepared by Eric True · 5.5 × 8.5 laminated card
An everyday crown case as a chairside checklist: a dry-erase card to laminate, with the Remake Scan Sheet on the back.
Remake Case Workflow
Prepared by Eric True · 3 pages
How to document, improve, rescan and send a remake case, plus the one-sided half-page Remake Scan Sheet and a 4 × 6 quick-reference card.
Common Remake Solutions
Prepared by Eric True · 2 pages
Tips, by problem, that help prevent remakes: contacts, occlusion, margins, shade and more.
Why Checklists Work
Prepared by Eric True · 1-page summary or 4-page commentary
Lessons from Atul Gawande's The Checklist Manifesto for the digital dental practice.
Connected workflows
These guides line up with Digital Dental Leaders' workflows
Eric co-owns Digital Dental Leaders (DDL), a digital-only dental lab in Menifee, California, and wrote many of the workflows on its site. Each guide above links to the matching DDL page, so your team can follow the same steps whichever way they learn best.
Disclosure: Eric is a 50% owner of DDL. You’re welcome to send your cases to any lab; True-Fit’s scanners, training and support are the same either way.