Virtually planned and template-guided implant surgery: an experimental model matching approach.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess positional deviations between the implant replicas in the pre-operative plaster model created from a computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) surgical template and the implant replicas in the post-operative plaster model that was made from patients' impressions taken at ≥1-year follow-up.

Material And Methods: One hundred and thirty-nine implants were inserted in 25 edentulous jaws using Nobel Guide(™). Plaster models containing the implant replicas, one created from the surgical template before surgery and the other created from patients' impressions at ≥1-year follow-up, were scanned using a measuring device.

Accuracy and complications using computer-designed stereolithographic surgical guides for oral rehabilitation by means of dental implants: a review of the literature.

Background: In the last decade several stereolithographic guided surgery systems were introduced to the market. In this context, scientific information regarding accuracy of implant placement and surgical and prosthodontical complications is highly relevant as it provides evidence to implement this surgical technique in a clinical setting.

Purpose: To review data on accuracy and surgical and prosthodontical complications using stereolithographical surgical guides for implant rehabilitation.

Accuracy of virtually planned and template guided implant surgery on edentate patients.

Purpose: Scientific evidence regarding the accuracy of implants placed into patients by the aid of a surgical template is limited. The objective of the present study was to verify if any variation exists between virtually planned implants' position using a computer, compared with the subsequently clinically placed implants with the aid of a surgical template in the mandible and the maxilla.

Material And Methods: A total number of 25 edentate jaws were treated with the aid of a surgical template.

Soft tissue conditions and marginal bone changes around immediately loaded implants inserted in edentate jaws following computer guided treatment planning and flapless surgery: a ≥1-year clinical follow-up study.

Background: Evaluation of the clinical conditions following computer guided treatment planning and flapless surgery is still limited.

Objectives: The objective was to evaluate the soft tissue conditions and marginal bone changes after 1 year of function around immediately loaded implants inserted in edentate jaws following computer guided treatment planning and flapless surgery.

Material And Methods: Twenty-nine edentate jaws (19 maxillae, 10 mandibles) treated with 165 implants using the Teeth-in-an-Hour™ protocol were included.

Treatment outcome of immediately loaded implants installed in edentulous jaws following computer-assisted virtual treatment planning and flapless surgery.

Objectives: The objective was to evaluate the outcome of immediately loaded implants installed in edentulous jaws following computer-assisted virtual treatment planning combined with flapless surgery.

Material And Methods: Twenty-nine edentulous patients (9 females, 20 males, mean age of 71.5 years) were treated using the Nobel Guide protocol for surgical planning, fixture installation and immediate functioning of a prefabricated fixed implant prosthesis.

Supportive therapy and the longevity of dental implants: a systematic review of the literature.

Objective: To review systematically whether supportive implant treatment during a follow-up of at least 10 years after functional loading is effective in prevention of biological complications and fixture loss.

Methods: A MEDLINE search was conducted for the period of 1965 to April 2006 of longitudinal clinical studies with follow-up periods after implant function of at least 10 years. Sixty-two studies were initially screened for inclusion and read in full text.