Computer aided alternative methods of dental implants placement

Abstract

Final product of computer aided dental implants placements is an object created by means of Rapid Prototyping (RP)-surgical template. An essential condition that makes utilization of this special technique possible is computer tomography (CT), which has to be carried out first. Radiation might be in some cases inadvisable, not possible or not necessary. In this work presented are possibilities of using standard CAD techniques for the purposes of planning and assisting of dental implantology treatment based on introduced into a CAD software prosthetic foundation topography and a standard panoramic radiograph. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.