Dynamic Navigation for Dental Implant Surgery

Dynamic navigation (DN) has been used by many fields previously and recently applied to dental implant surgery. DN allows the implant surgeon to evaluate a patient, scan the patient, plan the implant position, and perform the implant surgery in the same day without the delay or cost of fabrication of a static surgical guide stent. The current DN workflow requires (1) cone-beam computed tomography with fiducials, (2) virtual implant planning, (3) calibration, and (4) implant placement in accordance to the 3-D image on the navigation screen. This technology allows for improved precision and accuracy in the placement of dental implants.

Source: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics - September 26, 2019 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Neeraj Panchal, Laith Mahmood, Armando Retana, Robert Emery Source Type: research