Computer‐assisted implantology: historical background and potential outcomes—a review

Abstract

Background The accurate transfer of preoperatively determined implant positions to the patient mouth is very beneficial to the dental practitioner as well as patients. The objective of this paper was to review the gradual development of computer-assisted implant surgery.

Advances in Dental Implant Positioning Techniques and Their Clinical Implications

“…The application of computers to various fields of dentistry has led to many advances [2]. One among them is computer-guided implant placement [3]. The aim of this work is to critically review the evolution and clinical implications of various dental implant placement techniques with a special focus on computer-guided implant placement techniques.…”

Automated dental implantation using image-guided robotics: registration results

“…Computer-assisted technology was applied in the field of dental implantation for both preoperative planning and intra-operative operation [4]. An image-guided surgical system generates a preoperative surgical plan with the help of patient-specific medical data (2D images or 3D models).…”

Computer‐assisted implant surgery; a flapless surgical/immediate loaded approach with 1 year follow‐up

“…To fulfil the requirements of prosthetic-driven implantology, several modern technologies, such as computed tomography (CT), 3D implant planning software and computer-aided surgery, have been introduced (20)(21)(22)(23)(24). Special planning software has been developed to allow practitioners to virtually plan location, angle, depth and the diameter of virtual implants, which are then superimposed on the 3D dataset.…”

“…Special planning software has been developed to allow practitioners to virtually plan location, angle, depth and the diameter of virtual implants, which are then superimposed on the 3D dataset. Following very delicate backward planning, the diagnostic wax-up must be visualized on the CT scan through a special radiographic template (23)(24)(25)(26). Such templates are fabricated to provide an exact replica of the desired prosthetic end result and are supported by different radiopaque markers.…”

“…Recently, novel CAD/CAM technologies, such as stereolithographic rapid prototyping, have been adopted to build surgical guides in an attempt to improve the precision of implant placement by computer-assisted surgery programs (24). One such technique utilizes this approach to generate bone, mucosal or toothsupported surgical guides as well as anatomical models (SurgiGuide  ; Materialise Dental, Leuven, Belgium).…”