title: A diagnostic stent for endosseous implants to improve conventional tomographic radiographs.
abstract: Conventional tomographic radiographs can often provide sufficient information for presurgical evaluation for implant placement with significantly less radiation exposure than computer-assisted tomographic (CT) radiographs. A technique to fabricate a diagnostic stent with a removable indicator for the partially edentulous patient is described. This stent with an indicator guides the radiologist in making conventional tomographic images and can also be used as a template for locating the surgical sites.
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry, National Yang-ming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Morgano
mesh_terms: D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D006801:Humans; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015607:Stents; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods