Innovation in oral implantology: the use of surgical guide in the modern implant surgery of the maxillary bones

Abstract

Implant surgery was born as freehand surgery, and most protocols are still based on this way of operatingtoday. However, one of the most important trends in the implant field today is represented by guidedsurgery. There are different types of surgical guides on the market, differing in construction, materialsand characteristics. This work aims to evaluate guided surgery using the B&B Dental surgical guide tounderstand whether it can increase the accuracy and precision of implant insertion. In order to carry outthis multicenter study, each operator was assigned 15 implants to be inserted and distributed to differentpatients. In total, 6 patients were enrolled who in the first phase underwent a pre-operative CBTC (conebeam computed tomography) to then be identified for privacy reasons through a patient ID. In total, 9B&B Dental implants were placed on a number of 6 enrolled patients. 3 implants were placed in the upperarch and the remaining 6 in the lower arch. On 3 patients a single implant was inserted instead on theremaining 3, during the surgical treatment 2 implants were inserted for specific arch of interest. Analyzingthe data published in other works of the literature, it is possible to affirm that the surgical technique withthe B&B Dental protocol proposed by us is currently a valid alternative that deserves a particular interestin development and application.