In-office fabrication of dental implant surgical guides using desktop stereolithographic printing and implant treatment planning software: A clinical report

Publication date: Available online 20 February 2017
Source:The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Author(s): Daniel Whitley, R. Scott Eidson, Ivan Rudek, Sompop Bencharit
Guided surgery is accepted as the most accurate way to place an implant and predictably relate the implant to its definitive prosthesis, although few clinicians use it. However, recent developments in high-quality desktop 3-dimensional stereolithographic printers have led to the in-office fabrication of stereolithographic surgical guides at reduced cost. This clinical report demonstrates a protocol for using a cost-effective, in-office rapid prototyping technique to fabricate a surgical guide for dental implant placement.



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