Benefits of Guided Dental Implant Surgery–
The field of dental implants is advancing fast!  We now use guided surgery to place multiple or difficult dental implant.  Guided surgery uses advanced technology such as CT scans, Simplant software, and Nobel Biocare software to produce surgical guides so the dentist can position the dental implant extremely precisely.  The advantages of this approach are:
1)    More accurate placement as the bone quality and morphology (shape) can be precisely determined, and the correct size and placement of the dental implants determined prior to the placement visit.
2)    Fewer implants to complete the case is often possible if they can be more accurately
3)    Flapless approach—I like to avoid surgical details with patients (unless they specifically ask of course), but flapless means we do have to “pull back” the gums to visualize the bone for implant placement.  This “flapless” method allows better healing, more comfortable recovery (usually patients say they needed “an aspirin and were OK), and the ability for a second surgery to “recover the implant” at a later date.
4)    Less stress for Dr. placing the implants—there is so information known before the appointment that they dental implant is “almost easy” at appointment time for both the patient and Dr.
5)    Prosthetic planning and fabrication pre-surgical—Believe it or not I have seen many dental implants that were placed elsewhere that could never be restored with dental crowns, dental bridges implant supported dentures, implant supported bridges, or dental partials.  By knowing the exact position of the bone and where we what the teeth to be after the treatment before starting, better outcomes can be easier achieved!
6)    Shorter treatment times—Here’s one factor everyone wants!  Not only is the healing faster and easier, but better planning can lead us to the final restoration and completion faster.  In many cases, we can even.

Guided surgery does involve additional costs but clearly has many benefits.   This type of implant placement is especially used where there is minimal bony support for the dental implants, where multiple implants need to be placed, cases where the sinus has to be raised (sinus lift), implant supported bridges, implant supported overdentures or dentures, “all-on-four”, teeth in an hour restorations, and generally any more complicated procedure.

Please contact our office for addtional questions at LiveWithoutDentures.com, or at 630-858-8800.  Also look at our other dental impalnt blog, Wheaton dental implant site, or other Glen Ellyn dental implant site.

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