Simulation of postoperative occlusion and direction in autotransplantation of teeth: application of computer-aided design and digital surgical templates

We describe a method that could simulate postoperative occlusion and direction of the donor tooth by using CAD and digital surgical templates, and evaluate the postoperative effect in five patients who had teeth autotransplanted. Computed tomographic data were imported into ProPlan CMF 3.0 software, the donor tooth was simulated to replace the recipient site according to the position of the occlusion and alveolar bone, and a digital template was designed to guide preparation of the socket.

Source: The British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - June 3, 2019 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Y. Wu, J.M. Chen, F.P. Xie, H.H. Liu, G. Niu, L.S. Lin Source Type: research