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: Received: 11 December 2023 / Approved: 12 December 2023 / Online: 12 December 2023 (06:51:22 CET)
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Cumbo, E.; Gallina, G.; Messina, P.; Scardina, G. A. A Simple Method to Identify on Patients the Implant Sites in Totally Edentulous Arches: A Pilot Study with Thermo-Printed Templates Used with CBCT. Preprints2023, 2023120792. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0792.v1
Cumbo, E.; Gallina, G.; Messina, P.; Scardina, G. A. A Simple Method to Identify on Patients the Implant Sites in Totally Edentulous Arches: A Pilot Study with Thermo-Printed Templates Used with CBCT. Preprints 2023, 2023120792. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0792.v1
Cumbo, E.; Gallina, G.; Messina, P.; Scardina, G. A. A Simple Method to Identify on Patients the Implant Sites in Totally Edentulous Arches: A Pilot Study with Thermo-Printed Templates Used with CBCT. Preprints2023, 2023120792. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0792.v1
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Cumbo, E., Gallina, G., Messina, P., & Scardina, G. A. (2023). A Simple Method to Identify on Patients the Implant Sites in Totally Edentulous Arches: A Pilot Study with Thermo-Printed Templates Used with CBCT. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0792.v1
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Cumbo, E., Pietro Messina and Giuseppe Alessandro Scardina. 2023 "A Simple Method to Identify on Patients the Implant Sites in Totally Edentulous Arches: A Pilot Study with Thermo-Printed Templates Used with CBCT" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0792.v1
Abstract
In implantology, among the key choices, to obtain predictable results, it’s essential to establish, using CBCT, the bone site where to insert the implants; these sites must be identified on the mucosa and secondarily, during the surgical phase, on the cortical bone. Surgical templates are a valid aid especially in complex cases which require sev-eral implants.
In cases of single implant, on the other hand, surgical guides are rarely used and the implant is inserted freehand and the identification of the implant site on the oral mucosa is more difficult; for this reason the clinician uses the teeth in the arch as a ref-erence. This experimental study is based on the use of a thermo-printed mask, con-taining radiopaque references which, worn by edentulous patients during the execu-tion of the CBCT, helps to evaluate the identification of the implant sites on the patient when surgical guides are not used and the free hand technique is adopted.
This method is certainly reserved for experienced operators capable of identifying the correct angle of the implants with the freehand technique. The level of experience remains fundamental in the clinician's decision whether or not to use surgical guides; in fact, doctors with little experience should use surgical guides even in the simplest cases to reduce the risk of error.
Keywords
Implantology; implant site identification; freehand technique
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Dentistry and Oral Surgery
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