title: Profile surgical template: a systematic approach to precise implant placement. A technical note.
abstract: The precise placement of dental implants is essential to designing a prosthesis that fulfills the esthetic and functional requirements of the patient, and simultaneously allows clear phonetics and facilitates oral hygiene. To achieve this, an effective surgical template is essential: it must provide good orientation, be comfortable, have adequate intraoral fixation, allow freedom of choice to the surgeon, and be capable of use during image-diagnostic procedures. In accordance with this criteria, the profile surgical template, based on utilization of the buccal contour of missing teeth, has been designed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, School of Stomatology, University of Oviedo, Spain. csicilia@informed.es
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sicilia
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Noguerol
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cobo
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zabalegui
mesh_terms: D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D003765:Models, Dental; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011300:Preoperative Care