Digital dentistry · Barcelona
See the plan.
Understand your options.
We bring your teeth, gums, bone and future smile into one conversation—before deciding on treatment.
Dr. Sahand Shirzadi Maryan and Dr. Sergi Rivas Frau use digital analysis, smile planning and surgical guides to connect your goals with a plan you can understand.
A digital workflow, led by clinical assessment and explained with you.
Our starting point
Plan the tooth. Understand its foundation.
- 1The future tooth
- 2Implant position
- 3Bone & gum support
01 · Understand the starting point
Different records.
One connected picture.
Your examination tells us about gum health, bite and tissue condition. Photographs, surface scans and appropriate X-rays add different pieces of information.
Combining them helps us see how a proposed tooth and implant relate to the available bone. Digital analysis supports the examination; it does not replace it.
Superimposition simply means aligning different records of the same area so we can study them together.
Explore the layers
We align the records using shared landmarks. This is called superimposition: it brings the visible surfaces and underlying anatomy into one planning view. We check that the records match before using the plan.
A visual conversation about your future teeth
02 · Start with the tooth you need
The future tooth guides
the plan beneath it.
Digital smile design helps us discuss tooth shape, position and the relationship with your gums and face. Function, cleaning access and tissue health matter alongside appearance.
For implants, we work back from the intended tooth to its supporting implant and bone. This is prosthetically guided planning: first the tooth, then the foundation needed to support it.
If bone or gum support is missing, the plan may include reconstruction before or alongside implant placement. We coordinate the restorative stage with your dentist when care is shared.
At your first planning conversation
We use the available digital records to show you the problem, explain the treatment options and discuss their sequence. If further examination or records are needed, we explain what remains to be confirmed.
01
See your starting point
Where is support missing, and how does it affect the proposed treatment?
02
Compare your options
What are the alternatives, their benefits, limitations, costs and likely stages?
03
Understand the next step
What happens first, what needs healing, and when do we review the plan?
A digital preview is a tool for discussion. The final result depends on the treatment, tissues and healing.
A real digital planning example
See how your implant plan takes shape.
This upper-jaw example plans two separate implant-supported bridges: one supported by three implants and the other by two. The bone, surface scan and planned teeth are brought together to assess their relationships.
- The jawbone and the available space.
- Where the implants are planned.
- How the future teeth and guide relate to the plan.
Five implants are planned in this example. Your own implant number, positions, grafting needs and treatment stages depend on your assessment.
Two upper-jaw bridges · three implants + two implants
1 min 24 sec · No narration
03 · Connect the plan to surgery
A guide has a specific job.
A surgical guide is a custom physical template made from the digital plan. We use guide assistance for implant placement and, in suitable cases, sinus access and bone reconstruction. Its design depends on what it needs to help us position.
- 1Guide supported by neighbouring teeth in this example
- 2Sleeve aligned with the planned direction
- 3Virtual implant position within the bone
Transfer the planned implant position.
A custom template fits on the planned supports in your mouth. Its openings help direct the instruments towards the position planned for your future tooth.
What this helps us do
Connect the position of the future tooth with the surgical plan.
Guide fit, access and anatomy must be checked. A guide does not create missing bone or eliminate placement error.
Explore this treatmentWe check the guide, its fit and the surgical plan before use. The team may adapt the approach if the clinical findings require it. Digital guidance supports surgical judgement; it cannot guarantee an outcome or make surgery risk-free.
Systems & materials
Straumann implants.
Selected around your plan.
We work with Straumann systems, including BLC, BLX and TLX. The choice depends on your anatomy, the planned tooth and the surgical and restorative requirements.
SLActive is a Straumann implant surface designed to support integration with bone. It is a surface option, not a separate implant model or a promise of a fixed healing time.
Technology is part of the care.
- Bone grafts, membranes and fixation are selected for the defect and the intended reconstruction.
- Gum health, tissue handling and wound closure remain essential, even with a detailed digital plan.
- Review appointments and ongoing maintenance remain part of implant and regenerative care.
We explain the selected system and materials as part of your individual treatment plan.
Let’s make your options clear
Understand your plan
before taking the next step.
Tell us your concern and where you are based. We will explain the assessment process and how to share any existing records. The first enquiry does not need clinical files or a detailed medical history.
About these illustrations & clinical references
These original diagrams explain planning relationships. They are not patient images, exact guide designs or predicted results. Guide-assisted sinus and regeneration techniques are case-specific; evidence for these applications is less extensive than for guided implant placement.
- ITI consensus: computer-guided implant surgery (opens in a new tab)
- Clinical study: guided lateral sinus lift (2025) (opens in a new tab)
- Clinical case series: a positioning guide for titanium mesh (2025) (opens in a new tab)
- Clinical study: digital smile design and patient satisfaction (2024) (opens in a new tab)
- Straumann: implant systems and surfaces (opens in a new tab)