3D CT-guided dental implant surgery significantly helps with an ideal placement of an implant.. This technology allows patients to have true restoratively-driven implant treatment. We start with the restoring dentist creating the ideal prosthesis for the edentulous site, and then a radiographic template is made for the CT scan. Knowing the size and position of the ideal restoration, the implant surgeon uses a 3D radiograph of the jaws to plan the implant placement sites, taking into account the bone volume and anatomy at each site, as well as the position of the prosthesis. If there is a bone deficiency requiring grafting, or if an angled abutment will be needed, this information is known before surgery and adjustments are made accordingly. This is all done in “virtual reality” on the computer screen using the patient’s actual data. Then, all this treatment planning data is used to create a custom surgical guide that accurately transfers the treatment plan from the computer screen to the patient’s mouth. And if that is not enough, the implant placement is so accurate, that the surgical guide can be used to create a master model that is used to design an abutment and restoration that are placed at surgery, with very little or no adjustment. Not only that, but this technique allows the surgery to be performed through a very small incision, in half the time of traditional implant surgery. In addition, the patient usually has a faster and more comfortable recovery, even when multiple implants are placed. Ref: Dr Reznik, DMD, MD Emergency Dentists Group of Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island & Staten Island |
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