Published 2026-03-11
Digital setups are excellent at geometry and silent about biology. They will show a tooth in a position the alveolus cannot support, and they will show it convincingly.
The clinical work is in the inputs: the boundaries drawn, the restorative endpoint declared, the movements marked as non-negotiable.
Used well, a setup is a way of testing assumptions quickly. Used passively, it becomes a plan nobody wrote.
Key takeaways
- Declare boundaries before staging
- Plan to the restored anatomy where restoration is planned
- A setup encodes assumptions — make them explicit
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