title: Using Dental GPS to Navigate Implant Placement.
abstract: Digital advances have changed implant planning to improve outcomes in placement and restoration. Layering multiple image inputs, such as volumetric radiology, photography, and 3-dimensional (3D) surface scans, has allowed better assessment of patients with partial or complete edentulism, and this can aid in producing 3D visual predictions, implant guides, and prosthetics to execute the proposed plan.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Division of Prosthodontics, Department of Oral Health and Rehabilitation, University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Louisville, Kentucky.
authors.forename: Byran T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.affiliation: Professor, Radiology and imaging Science, Department of Surgical/Hospital Dentistry, University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Louisville, Kentucky.
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Scarfe
authors.affiliation: Inventor of the nSequence Guided Prosthetics, Founder and President, nSequence, The Center for Advanced Dentistry, Reno, Nevada.
authors.forename: Daniel R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Llop
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Division of Prosthodontics, Department of Oral Health and Rehabilitation, University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Louisville, Kentucky.
authors.forename: Wei-Shao
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods; D003757:Dental Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D015921:Dental Implants; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D011861:Radiography, Dental / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants