Template guided surgery with the open-access software “smop”

Authors

  • Beat R. Kurt niedergelassener Fachzahnarzt in Oralchirurgie SSO, Luzern

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61872/sdj-2014-03-03

PMID:

24671763

Keywords:

Guided Surgery, Implantologie, Navigation, Planung, smop

Abstract

For many practitioners the pre­implantological work and, thus, the related costs have been an obstacle to integrate navi­ gated implantology into their workflow. In this article we shed light on a new approach: “smop” reduces the working procedure to a minimum. Based on an intuitive planning system implant­prosthetic treatment can be carried out with a high degree of predictability as well as manageable costs. However, contrary to some opinions the use of the navigation template does not automatically lead to better results. It does not automatically guarantee the success of the process. To just “blindly” attach the implants without surgical expe­rience can lead to fatal consequences. For the seasoned implan­tologist, however, the template is a tool to get the optimum re­sult. As a practice for oral surgery and implantology we often receive challenging cases. Though we have been practicing for many years and have a lot of experience even for us such cases are extraordinarily challenging. Working on such specific cases we don’t want to work without the three­dimensional diag­nostics, the virtual implant planning as well as the template based implant insertion anymore.

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Published

2014-03-17

How to Cite

Kurt, B. R. (2014). Schablonengeführte Implantologie mit der Open-Access-Software smop. SWISS DENTAL JOURNAL SSO – Science and Clinical Topics, 124(3), 305-23. https://doi.org/10.61872/sdj-2014-03-03

How to Cite

Kurt, B. R. (2014). Schablonengeführte Implantologie mit der Open-Access-Software smop. SWISS DENTAL JOURNAL SSO – Science and Clinical Topics, 124(3), 305-23. https://doi.org/10.61872/sdj-2014-03-03