Balkan Journal of Dental Medicine (Mar 2017)

3D Printing Guide Implant Placement: A Case Report

  • Vlahović Zoran,
  • Mikić Mirko

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/bjdm-2017-0010
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 1
pp. 65 – 68

Abstract

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Background: Cone Beam Computer Tomography (CBCT) is representing a new concept of radiological diagnostics and its application occupies a special place in implantology. Today, preoperative planning, and quantitative and qualitative jaw bone analysis cannot be done without the use of these techniques. The latest in a series of achievements in this field is a method of making a guide for implant using a 3D printing technique. This way pre implantology planning reduces the chance of surgical complications to a minimum and allows installation of dental implants in the most optimal position for future prosthetic work. Aim: To show benefits of guide implantation in clinical practice.

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