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Emergence Profile Index Implant Surgical Guide
Author(s) -
Lee MeiHua,
Lin GuoHao,
Wang HomLay
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical advances in periodontics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.182
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2163-0097
pISSN - 2573-8046
DOI - 10.1902/cap.2016.160006
Subject(s) - medicine , implant , dentistry , dental implant , coronal plane , orthodontics , surgery , radiology
This case series presents an innovative approach to fabricating an implant surgical guide to facilitate ideal implant placement. Case Series: Three healthy, non‐smoking patients with a partially edentulous ridge presented to a private practice. Informed consent for dental implant placement was attained from patients. Sequential three‐dimensional (3D) surgical guides were fabricated before implant surgery using light‐polymerizing material. These guides provided information to the surgeons on implant position in the bucco‐lingual, mesio‐distal, and apico‐coronal directions. Conclusion: With assistance of the proposed surgical guide, ideal 3D implant placement can be achieved so that future peri‐implant complications can be minimized.