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Volume 26 , Issue 4
July/August 2006
Pages 347–353

Prosthetically Directed Implant Placement Using Computer Software to Ensure Precise Placement and Predictable Prosthetic Outcomes. Part 2: Rapid-Prototype Medical Modeling and Stereolithographic Drilling Guides Requiring Bone Exposure

Alan L. Rosenfeld, DDS, FACD / George A. Mandelaris, DDS, MS / Philippe B. Tardieu, DDS

PMID: 16939016
DOI: 10.11607/prd.00.0703

The purpose of this paper is to expand on part 1 of this series (published in the previous issue) regarding the emerging future of computer-guided implant dentistry. This article will introduce the concept of rapid-prototype medical modeling as well as describe the utilization and fabrication of computer-generated surgical drilling guides used during implant surgery. The placement of dental implants has traditionally been an intuitive process, whereby the surgeon relies on mental navigation to achieve optimal implant positioning. Through rapid-prototype medical modeling and the ste-reolithographic process, surgical drilling guides (eg, SurgiGuide) can be created. These guides are generated from a surgical implant plan created with a computer software system that incorporates all relevant prosthetic information from which the surgical plan is developed. The utilization of computer-generated planning and stereolithographically generated surgical drilling guides embraces the concept of collaborative accountability and supersedes traditional mental navigation on all levels of implant therapy. (Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2006;26:347–353.)

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