Sculpting Smiles

Dental Implantology is now more accurate and predictable due to guided surgery, which uses 3-D implant patient evaluation and planning to open up new avenues for a multidisciplinary, restoratively guided, and surgically driven treatment approach. Compared to freehand implant surgery, guided implant surgery offers more accurate, efficient, and effective implant insertion without endangering important anatomic dental structures. However, accurate diagnosis and case selection, the clinician's skill, care, and judgement, adherence to prosthetic and surgical principles, effective communication between the restorative dentist and the implant surgeon, and patient awareness, education, and compliance continue to be crucial success factors.