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[Scanner placement guide and surgical guide in implantology]
S Boralevi1, M Nahmias, A Hadida
1Faculté de Paris V.
Les Cahiers De Prothese
|June 1, 1991
Summary
A novel surgical stent with a detection cad-can aids implant placement. This device improves surgeon-prosthetist collaboration for precise dental implant positioning.
Area of Science:
- Oral surgery
- Prosthodontics
- Biomaterials engineering
Context:
- Pre-surgical planning is crucial for dental implant success.
- Accurate visualization of implant axes is often challenging.
- Current methods may lack direct correlation between imaging and surgical guides.
Purpose:
- To introduce a detection cad-can and surgical stent system for enhanced pre-implant planning.
- To improve the accuracy of dental implant site selection.
- To facilitate better communication between surgeons and prosthetists.
Summary:
- A polymerised director mounting with radio-opaque detectors (aluminium or zinc oxyphosphate sealing cement) forms the detection cad-can.
- This device, used during examination, indicates future implant axes.
- A plaster model transfers this information to a surgical stent featuring a stabilising portion and guiding tubes (2.1 mm diameter, INCERAM* infiltrated aluminium).
- The combined unit ensures correlation between pre-implant investigation and surgical execution.
Impact:
- Enhances precision in dental implant placement.
- Improves the collaborative decision-making process for implant site selection.
- Potentially reduces surgical complications and improves patient outcomes.