CT Guidance: Steps To Success

1. The scanning appliance may be created from an existing denture or new waxup to visualize the soft tissue and tooth position in the third party planning software chosen.

2. CT scan of the patient by an imaging center or in the clinician's office. Data from the scan is converted into the planning software.

3. The clinician plans the case within the planning software and the case plan is sent to the surgical guide manufacturer. Fixation of the Guide can also be planned at this time.

a. The software company may act as the surgical guide manufacturer or
b. A laboratory may create the surgical guide.

4. The surgical guide manufacturer develops a case specific surgical plan and surgical guide.

5. The surgical plan and surgical guide are sent to the dental laboratory or restorative doctor and used in conjunction with the BIOMET 3i Navigator Laboratory Kit (if no immediate provisional is desired, go to step 8).

6. The master cast is poured into the guide or the implant analogs are placed in the preoperative cast on a partially edentulous case using the guide.

7. The abutments are selected and the provisional prosthesis is fabricated and sent to the clinician.

8. The surgical guide and surgical plan are sent to the surgeon and used in conjunction with the BIOMET 3i Navigator Surgical Kit.

9. The surgical guide is placed and may be fixated with 2mm fixation screws.

10. The clinician will prepare the site(s) with the case specific surgical plan and surgical guide using the BIOMET 3i Navigator Surgical Kit.

11. The implants are placed through the surgical guide.

12. The implant mounts and surgical guide are removed.

13. If a traditional procedure is desired, a one or two-stage procedure is completed and a traditional provisional prosthesis - denture/Maryland Bridge/flipper partial - may be delivered.

14. The abutments and the provisional prosthesis are delivered.

15. The patient is able to go home that day with a brand new smile!

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