title: Digital technologies to support planning, treatment, and fabrication processes and outcome assessments in implant dentistry. Summary and consensus statements. The 4th EAO consensus conference 2015.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The task of this working group was to assess the existing knowledge in computer-assisted implant planning and placement, fabrication of reconstructions applying computers compared to traditional fabrication, and assessments of treatment outcomes using novel imaging techniques.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three reviews were available for assessing the current literature and provided the basis for the discussions and the consensus report. One review dealt with the use of computers to plan implant therapy and to place implants in partially and fully edentulous patients. A second one focused on novel techniques and methods to assess treatment outcomes and the third compared CAD/CAM-fabricated reconstructions to conventionally fabricated ones.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The consensus statements, the clinical recommendations, and the implications for research, all of them after approval by the plenum of the consensus conference, are described in this article. The three articles by Vercruyssen et al., Patzelt & Kohal, and Benic et al. are presented separately as part of the supplement of this consensus conference.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and Dental Material Science, Center of Dental Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christoph H F
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hämmerle
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology and Prosthodontics, Eastman Dental Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cordaro
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Nele
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: van Assche
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and Dental Material Science, Center of Dental Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Goran I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Benic
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery and Stomatology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bornstein
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and Dental Material Science, Center of Dental Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gamper
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gotfredsen
authors.affiliation: Dublin Dental School and Hospital, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.affiliation: Department of Operative Dentistry and Periodontology, University Dental School, University of Freiburg, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany.|Private Practice, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hürzeler
authors.affiliation: Department Imaging & Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, OIC, OMFS IMPATH Research Group, University of Leuven and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Reinhilde
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.affiliation: Private Practice, London, UK.
authors.forename: Theodoros
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kapos
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Center for Dental Medicine, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Ralf J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Kohal
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Center for Dental Medicine, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Sebastian B M
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Patzelt
authors.affiliation: Division of Fixed Prosthodontics and Occlusion, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sailer
authors.affiliation: Section of Oral Implantology and Fixed Prosthetics, Department of Oral Function, Academic Centre of Dentistry Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tahmaseb
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Health Sciences, Periodontology, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University Leuven, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Marjolein
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vercruyssen
authors.affiliation: Section of Oral Implantology and Fixed Prosthetics, Department of Oral Function, Academic Centre of Dentistry Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wismeijer
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D015921:Dental Implants; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants
keywords: CAD/CAM; computer; digital technologies