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Dental implant reconstruction has been forever changed through the evolution of CBCT, three dimensional imaging technologies, interactive treatment planning, guided surgery, and CAD-CAM applications. The world of digital dentistry now provides clinicians with new paradigms such as the "Triangle of Bone" as a decision tree for assessment of the surgical and restorative needs of our patients with missing teeth. Combining optical scanning, intra-oral digital impressions, with CBCT paves a new frontier for clinicians and lab techs to provide even more accurate and consistent "restoratively driven" results. This presentation illustrated the historical development of these technologies, surgical and restorative treatment modalities, and visions for the future.