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  • Title: A custom template and definitive prosthesis allowing immediate implant loading in the maxilla: a clinical report.
    Author: van Steenberghe D, Naert I, Andersson M, Brajnovic I, Van Cleynenbreugel J, Suetens P.
    Journal: Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants; 2002; 17(5):663-70. PubMed ID: 12381066.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: The purpose of the present investigation was to examine to what extent precision data from 3-dimensional planning software for oral implants can be transferred to the operative field by means of a drilling template, containing high-precision drilling sleeves, fitted on the jawbone. It was investigated whether this procedure would allow advance preparation of a fixed definitive prosthesis that could be placed at the completion of surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This procedure was experimentally carried out in 2 cadavers and later in 8 consecutive human patients. RESULTS: The results indicated a nearly perfect match between the positions and axes of the placed implants and those planned. DISCUSSION: This procedure permitted the placement of a definitive fixed prosthesis with limited freedom of space between the abutments and the metallic cylinders incorporated into the prosthesis. CONCLUSION: These encouraging results of the Leuven information technology-based oral rehabilitation by means of implants (LITORIM) are presently being further investigated at the clinical level.
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