A custom template and definitive prosthesis allowing immediate implant loading in the maxilla: a clinical report.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of the present investigation was to examine to what extent precision data from 3-dimensional planning software for oral implants can be transferred to the operative field by means of a drilling template, containing high-precision drilling sleeves, fitted on the jawbone. It was investigated whether this procedure would allow advance preparation of a fixed definitive prosthesis that could be placed at the completion of surgery.


METHODS
This procedure was experimentally carried out in 2 cadavers and later in 8 consecutive human patients.


RESULTS
The results indicated a nearly perfect match between the positions and axes of the placed implants and those planned.


CONCLUSIONS
This procedure permitted the placement of a definitive fixed prosthesis with limited freedom of space between the abutments and the metallic cylinders incorporated into the prosthesis.


CONCLUSIONS
These encouraging results of the Leuven information technology-based oral rehabilitation by means of implants (LITORIM) are presently being further investigated at the clinical level.
van Steenberghe
Daniel
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Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Oral Pathology and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium.
Naert
Ignace
I
Andersson
Matts
M
Brajnovic
Izidor
I
Van Cleynenbreugel
Johan
J
Suetens
Paul
P
D002102:Cadaver; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D000044:Dental Abutments; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D015921:Dental Implants; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003779:Denture Design; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D003765:Models, Dental; D012984:Software; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016474:Weight-Bearing
D015921:Dental Implants