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1Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong Province, China. jianhuawang@sdu.edu.cn
Purpose:
To observe the effect of orbital dental template with part-opening channels used in dental implant surgery.
Methods:
Working casts were made for 13 cases with missing teeth after impressions were taken. The dentitions of the cases were then restored with wax teeth. Part-opening channels were made through the wax teeth. After that, impressions and working casts were made again to fabricate the template with part-opening channels by thermo-forming technique. During the implant surgery, the drilling of the bur and inserting of the implants were guided by the part-opening channels on the templates.
Results:
The working cast and X-ray films of the 12 cases showed that all implants were placed in desirable location and accurate direction with satisfactory prostheses.
Conclusion:
The dental template with part-opening channels could help the operator to place the implants in desirable location and direction successfully. Its fabrication was simple, but it could offer us great convenience.
