Gum grafting is the soft tissue skill many GPs skip on the way to implants. Periodontist Dr. Fadi Hasan explains why it should come first.In this episode of Digital Dentistry Decoded, Dr. Ahmad Al-Hassiny sits down with Dr. Fadi Hasan, a board-certified periodontist at Sculpt Center for Implants & Periodontics and one half of The Perio Amigos. Hasan explains how he decides when gingival recession needs treatment and when to monitor, why he values tissue thickness over complete root coverage, and how he sets expectations with patients before surgery.The conversation breaks down the main soft tissue graft options (free gingival grafts, de-epithelialized FGGs, tuberosity grafts, allografts and collagen matrices) and when Hasan reaches for each around teeth and implants. He also shares how he protects the palatal donor site with a printed stent, and where digital workflows already help in perio surgery, from intraoral scans for patient education to guided crown lengthening and printed guides for block graft harvesting.Ahmad also gives his take on traditional photogrammetry, horizontal scan bodies and the new photogrammetry apps.🎓 Dr. Fadi Hasan's perio course on iDD - https://academy.instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/courses/predictable-soft-tissue-surgery/Chapters00:00:00 Introduction to Digital Dentistry Decoded00:01:26 Guest Introduction - Dr. Fadi Hasan from Sculpt Center for Implants & Periodontics00:02:58 Where Perio and Prosthetics Overlap00:05:31 Why Soft Tissue Skills Come Before Implants00:07:37 Microsutures and Soft Tissue Finesse00:08:25 Intraoral Scans for Graft Patient Education00:08:59 Digital Wax-Ups for Pontic Site Development00:13:29 Guided Gingivectomy and Crown Lengthening00:14:11 Guided Block Graft Harvesting00:15:09 Surgical Guides for Apicoectomies and Sinus Lifts00:16:37 Smartphone Scanning and Photogrammetry00:17:21 Photogrammetry vs Scan Bodies vs Apps00:19:57 When to Treat Gingival Recession00:22:58 Keratinized Tissue and the 2 mm Debate00:24:00 Recession Progression and Treatment Timing00:25:53 Bony Peaks and Realistic Root Coverage00:28:45 Clinical Photo Documentation00:29:53 Specialists, GPs and Sharing Knowledge00:34:02 What a Periodontist Treats Day to Day00:38:53 Soft Tissue Graft Types Explained00:40:27 Protecting the Palate with a Printed Stent00:41:26 Autogenous vs Allograft Selection00:43:25 Collagen Matrices Around Implants00:44:22 Soft Tissue Overhead and Practice Revenue00:47:30 FGG vs De-Epithelialized FGG00:49:58 FGGs Around Mandibular All-on-X00:50:32 Tuberosity Grafts for Implant Sites00:51:44 Closing Remarks------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------📲 Let's be social! Follow iDD on the following platforms:Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/instituteofdigitaldentistryInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/idigitaldentistry/LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/company/instituteofdigitaldentistryTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@idigitaldentistryX - https://x.com/iDigitalDentist📍Institute of Digital Dentistry At the forefront of digital dentistry education - your digital dentistry journey starts here! https://instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/📚 Join iDD's Free Academy and get instant access to over 40+ Free digital dentistry courses and eBook PDFs! https://idd.to/freeacademy💻 Check out our online course bundles: https://instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/bundles/🎙️Listen to our 'Digital Dentistry Decoded with iDD' podcast on your favorite streaming platform now! https://idd.to/podcast#GumGrafting #Periodontics #SoftTissueManagement #DigitalDentistry #DigitalDentistryDecoded

Digital smile design founder Dr. Christian Coachman explains why the workflow should come before the technology, and what that means for 3D printing.This episode includes a sponsored message from SprintRay.In this interview, Dr. Ahmad Al-Hassiny talks with Dr. Christian Coachman, the dentist and dental technician who founded Digital Smile Design (DSD). Christian walks through the three pillars behind DSD (emotional, comprehensive, and guided dentistry) and explains why he ranks clinical execution last.From there, the conversation turns to technology adoption. Christian explains why he designs the workflow before choosing equipment, why he sees non-dental AI agents as the most interesting development right now, and why a new idea can take a decade to become routine.The second half covers chairside 3D printing and copy-paste dentistry, the gap between the diagnostic wax-up and the final restoration, how to choose a printer by listing indications first, where printed resins fit against ceramics, milling, and direct composite, and a five-scenario framework for deciding when to change a workflow you already have.Learn smile design with iDD - https://instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/bundles/digital-smile-design-online-course-bundle/Chapters00:00:00 Cold Open00:00:34 Introduction to Digital Dentistry Decoded00:01:11 Guest Introduction - Dr. Christian Coachman from DSD00:02:39 From Dental Technician to Smile Architect00:10:35 The Three Pillars of Digital Smile Design00:13:54 Why Clinical Execution Matters Least00:20:00 Buying Technology Without a Workflow00:27:47 A Business Model for Every Decision00:30:00 AI Agents and the Gadget Overload Problem00:35:54 From Podium Cases to Real Adoption00:44:45 Sponsor Message - SprintRay00:45:28 Scanners, Printers, and Copy-Paste Dentistry00:51:05 The Wax-Up Versus Final Outcome Gap00:52:57 How to Choose a Dental 3D Printer00:58:34 Printed Restorations - Final or Provisional?01:04:50 Where Printing Beats Milling01:10:09 The Five Scenarios Decision Framework01:12:26 Final Message - Back to Human Dentistry01:14:32 Closing Remarks------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------📲 Let's be social! Follow iDD on the following platforms:Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/instituteofdigitaldentistryInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/idigitaldentistry/LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/company/instituteofdigitaldentistryTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@idigitaldentistryX - https://x.com/iDigitalDentist📍Institute of Digital Dentistry At the forefront of digital dentistry education - your digital dentistry journey starts here! https://instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/📚 Join iDD's Free Academy and get instant access to over 40+ Free digital dentistry courses and eBook PDFs! https://idd.to/freeacademy💻 Check out our online course bundles: https://instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/bundles/🎙️Listen to our 'Digital Dentistry Decoded with iDD' podcast on your favorite streaming platform now! https://idd.to/podcast#DigitalSmileDesign #DigitalDentistry #Dental3DPrinting #ChristianCoachman #DigitalDentistryDecoded

Dental 3D printing went from niche to normal in a decade, and SprintRay led much of it. Co-founder Hossein Bassir on what actually changed.In this episode of Digital Dentistry Decoded, Dr. Ahmad Al-Hassiny sits down with Hossein Bassir, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of SprintRay, for a wide conversation on where dental 3D printing has been and where it is going. Hossein makes the case that materials, not printers, decide the outcome, and explains how that thinking led to Midas, Crown HT and the highly filled Restore resin.Dr. Ahmad pushes back as a full-time clinician, on printed crown longevity, on the criticism that press technology is smoke and mirrors, and on the post-processing and washing friction that still slows people down. They also get into open versus closed ecosystems, new business models for All-on-X, why only a small share of practices print today, and how better CAD and AI might change that.CHAPTERS00:00:00 Cold Open00:00:40 Guest Welcome - Hossein Bassir from SprintRay00:01:28 A Decade of Dental 3D Printing00:05:13 How Materials, Hardware and Software Connect00:11:23 Workflow and Materials as the Real Moat00:15:28 Why Midas and Press Printing Exist00:21:46 Answering the Smoke and Mirrors Criticism00:26:46 Printed Crowns, Recalls and Clinician Trust00:37:33 Why SprintRay Is the CEREC of 3D Printing00:42:36 The Post-Processing and Washing Problem00:49:14 Open Versus Closed Ecosystems00:55:37 Why Most Practices Do Not Print and the CAD Barrier01:07:36 Culture, the Next Hundred Years and What's Next01:18:25 Closing Thoughts------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------📲 Let's be social! Follow iDD on the following platforms:Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/instituteofdigitaldentistryInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/idigitaldentistry/LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/company/instituteofdigitaldentistryTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@idigitaldentistryX - https://x.com/iDigitalDentist📍Institute of Digital Dentistry At the forefront of digital dentistry education - your digital dentistry journey starts here! https://instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/📚 Join iDD's Free Academy and get instant access to over 40+ Free digital dentistry courses and eBook PDFs! https://idd.to/freeacademy💻 Check out our online course bundles: https://instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/bundles/🎙️Listen to our 'Digital Dentistry Decoded with iDD' podcast on your favorite streaming platform now! https://idd.to/podcast#DentalThreeDeePrinting #SprintRay #DigitalDentistry #PrintedCrowns #DDDPodcast