01 Patient basic information

Age: 52

Gender: Female

Present: The lower right posterior tooth of the patient had been filled with amalgam many years ago, the edge fit was poor, and chewing was uncomfortable, so the patient asked for treatment.

PH: The patient is physically healthy, denying the history of hypertension, heart disease and other systemic diseases. 

02 Preoperative examination

Extraoral examination

The face shape is left and right symmetrical, the opening degree is three fingers, and the opening shape is normal.

●No obvious abnormality of temporomandibular joint. 

Intraoral examination

●Good oral hygiene, soft scale I°, gum is tough, normal color

●Large amalgam fillings were seen in teeth 46 and 47, with poor edge fit, no looseness, pain on percussion (—), no response to pulp temperature test.

●Vertical and horizontal occlusal spaces are normal.

MRI Checking

●MRI were seen on the crowns of teeth 46 and 47, low-density images were seen on the edge of the filling, root filling images (underfill) were seen in the root canal, no low-density images were seen on the root tip, and alveolar bone width and good altitude condition.

03 Treatment plan

●Collect CBCT data and intraoral scan for digital design

●Designed planting guide by Yilink chairside system

●Design personalized abutment according to implant position

●15 minutes to quickly print the planting guide

●Quick printing of abutments 

04 surgery

●Under local anesthesia, quickly grind the crown

●The planting guide plate fits in place

●Drill holes step by step under the guidance of the implant guide, implant the implant, and wear the personalized abutment

Two weeks later, the sutures were removed for reexamination, and the postoperative healing was good, and advise patients on good oral hygiene. 

05 Summary 

  The digital implant guide for oral implant surgery is a personalized surgical auxiliary accessory that accurately transfers the preoperative virtual designed implant plan to the patient's mouth. Help clinicians to precisely control the position, direction, angle and even depth of personalized abutment implantation during surgery, so that the final implant restoration can be unified with the ideal preoperative design plan, and the immediate implantation under digitalization shortens the time , to enhance the patient experience.

Using 3D printing technology 

Connect the whole chain of dental digitalization

Yilink Medical

Will provide one-stop digital solutions to clinics and hospitals all over the world

Being a multi-dental solution provider