title: In-office fabrication of dental implant surgical guides using desktop stereolithographic printing and implant treatment planning software: A clinical report.
abstract: Guided surgery is accepted as the most accurate way to place an implant and predictably relate the implant to its definitive prosthesis, although few clinicians use it. However, recent developments in high-quality desktop 3-dimensional stereolithographic printers have led to the in-office fabrication of stereolithographic surgical guides at reduced cost. This clinical report demonstrates a protocol for using a cost-effective, in-office rapid prototyping technique to fabricate a surgical guide for dental implant placement.
authors.affiliation: Private practice, Greenville, N.C.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Whitley
authors.affiliation: Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Operative Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C.
authors.forename: R Scott
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Eidson
authors.affiliation: Research Assistant Professor, General and Oral Health Center, Department of Periodontics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rudek
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor and Director, Digital Dentistry Technologies, Department of General Practice and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va. Electronic address: sbencharit@vcu.edu.
authors.forename: Sompop
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bencharit
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D012984:Software; D000076227:Stereolithography