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Published on: October 18, 2021
Maxillary implant workflow guided by anatomic structures as the predominant reference landmark for noncalibrated,
Marta Revilla-León1, Michael Drone2
1Affiliate Assistant Professor, Graduate Prosthodontics, Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash; Faculty and Director of Research and Digital Dentistry, Kois Center, Seattle, Wash; and Adjunct Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, Mass.
Abstract:
Implant scanning workflows for fabricating implant-supported restorations involve recording scans containing different information. Different reference landmarks can be used to guide the integration of the scans recorded in an implant scanning workflow, including anatomic structures. This manuscript describes a maxillary implant workflow guided by anatomic structures as predominant reference landmark for 3 scanning techniques: 1 noncalibrated method, 3 extraoral photogrammetry (PG) systems, and 1 intraoral PG technique. Understanding the data collection procedures and the protocol sequence for each implant workflow is essential to the successful implementation of digital data acquisition technologies.
