Cone beam computed tomography imaging as a primary diagnostic tool for computer-guided surgery and CAD-CAM interim removable and fixed dental prostheses

Jyme R Charette; Jack Goldberg; Bryan T Harris; Dean Morton; Daniel R Llop; Wei-Shao Lin

doi:10.1016/j.prosdent.2016.02.004

Cone beam computed tomography imaging as a primary diagnostic tool for computer-guided surgery and CAD-CAM interim removable and fixed dental prostheses

J Prosthet Dent. 2016 Aug;116(2):157-65. doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2016.02.004. Epub 2016 Apr 14.

Authors

Jyme R Charette¹, Jack Goldberg², Bryan T Harris³, Dean Morton⁴, Daniel R Llop⁵, Wei-Shao Lin⁶

Affiliations

¹ Resident, Advanced Education in Prosthodontics, Department of Oral Health and Rehabilitation, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky.
² Private practice, Mexico City, Mexico; and Former ITI Scholar, Department of Oral Health and Rehabilitation, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky.
³ Associate Professor and Director, Advanced Education in Prosthodontics, Department of Oral Health and Rehabilitation, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky.
⁴ Professor and Chair, Department of Prosthodontics, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, Ind.
⁵ Founder and President, nSequence, The Center for Advanced Dentistry, Reno, Nev.
⁶ Associate Professor and Director, Division of Prosthodontics, Department of Oral Health and Rehabilitation, University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Louisville, Ky. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 27086108
DOI: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2016.02.004

Abstract

This article describes a digital workflow using cone beam computed tomography imaging as the primary diagnostic tool in the virtual planning of the computer-guided surgery and fabrication of a maxillary interim complete removable dental prosthesis and mandibular interim implant-supported complete fixed dental prosthesis with computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing technology. Diagnostic impressions (conventional or digital) and casts are unnecessary in this proposed digital workflow, providing clinicians with an alternative treatment in the indicated clinical scenario.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Computer-Aided Design*
Cone-Beam Computed Tomography*
Dental Implantation, Endosseous / methods*
Dental Implants*
Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported
Denture, Partial, Fixed
Denture, Partial, Temporary
Humans
Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / surgery
Male
Radiography, Dental, Digital
Surgery, Computer-Assisted*

Substances

Dental Implants