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Yushu Liu1, Hongqiang Ye2, Shimin Wang3
1Resident, Department of Prosthodontics, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, PR China.
This study presents an open protocol for evaluating dental implant deviation using digital casts. The method easily integrates with guided surgery and digital prosthodontics workflows, improving accuracy.
Area of Science:
- Dentistry
- Biomedical Engineering
- Digital Health
Background:
- Accurate dental implant placement is crucial for successful prosthodontic outcomes.
- Current methods for evaluating implant deviation can be limited by closed-loop software workflows.
- Digital workflows in dentistry offer potential for improved precision and efficiency.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe an open protocol for evaluating dental implant deviation using digital casts.
- To provide a method that is easily integrated into existing clinical and digital prosthodontic workflows.
- To overcome the limitations of proprietary software in assessing implant accuracy.
Main Methods:
- Utilizing reverse engineering software to analyze digital surgical planning and definitive casts.
- Creating simplified cylindrical representations of implants within the software.
- Superimposing digital casts to calculate implant deviations based on cylinder coordinates.
Main Results:
- The protocol allows for the calculation of implant deviations by comparing digital cast data.
- The method relies on routine clinical data from guided implant surgery.
- The protocol is adaptable to various dental software programs that provide implant coordinates.
Conclusions:
- An open and adaptable protocol for evaluating dental implant deviation has been established.
- This method facilitates the integration of implant accuracy assessment into standard digital dental workflows.
- The protocol offers a solution to the limitations imposed by closed-loop software systems in dental implantology.
