title: Trajectory surgical guide stent for implant placement.
abstract: This article describes a new implant placement surgical guide that gives both implant location and trajectory to the surgeon. Radiopaque markers are placed on diagnostic dentures and a lateral cephalometric radiograph is made that shows the osseous anatomy at the symphysis and the anterior tooth location. The ideal implant location and trajectory data are transferred to a surgical stent that programs the angle and location of the fixtures at time of surgery. The stent has the additional benefit of acting as an occlusion rim, a mouth prop, and tongue retractor. Use of this stent has resulted in consistently programming the placement of implant fixtures that are prosthodontically ideal.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Army DENTAC, Fort Gordon, Ga.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Adrian
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Ivanhoe
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Krantz
mesh_terms: D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015921:Dental Implants; D003819:Denture Bases; D003779:Denture Design; D006801:Humans; D007574:Jaw Relation Record; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants