Kunal Lal, DDS, MS/Sidney B. Eisig, DDS/James B. Fine, DDS/Panos Papaspyridakos, DDS, MS: Recent technologic advances allow clinicians to place dental implants using computer-generated templates. However, there are limited data regarding treatment outcomes for implants placed using these techniques. The purpose of this retrospective study was to report the 2- to 4-year prosthetic outcomes and survival of dental implants placed by postdoctoral residents with a flapless surgical protocol using computer-based planning and stereolithographic surgical templates. Thirty-six patients were treated using the NobelGuide concept, comprising an image-based three-dimensional implant planning software and flapless implant surgery with stereolithographic templates. (Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2013;33:661667. doi: 10.11607/prd.1113)
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