Abstract
The digital workflow for computer-aided implant surgery includes a range of steps leading to generation of a prosthetically driven, 3-dimensional virtual plan, which is transitioned into the patient's mouth by the surgical guide and protocol. Guided implant surgery is believed to be accurate and reliable compared with free-handed implant surgery. However, deviation between implant virtual plan and implant real position may occur as a result of accumulated errors throughout the digital workflow. This article reviews the digital workflow of static computer-aided implant surgery. Factors that may affect the accuracy and clinical outcome of the guided surgery are also reviewed.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 381-397 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Dental Clinics of North America |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2019 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords
- Accuracy
- Computer-aided surgery
- Computer-assisted surgery
- Dental implants
- Digital workflow
- Implant-guided surgery
- Virtual plan
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Dentistry (all)