SurgiGuide Cookbook - Dental-Depot

SAFE SystemThe SAFE System is used in combination with SurgiGuide for an accurate transfer of animplant planning (cf. SimPlant planning software) to the patient in dental implantology. Thetemplates are made either traditionally by the dental lab or by means of Rapid Prototypingtechniques such as stereolithography cf. SurgiGuide.Drill guide + surgical tray + storage boxThe SAFE System also provides the surgeon with a dynamic surgical tray and a storage boxfor the components. The surgical tray allows the surgeon to prepare the surgery in advance,simplifying things during the surgery itself.Only one drill guide needed for more accuracyMostly a sequence of surgical templates is used with increasing diameters of the guidingtubes to prepare the implant cavity. The implant cavities are gradually widened to reduce therisk of bone necrosis due to excessive heat caused by drilling. In some cases up to 3 or 4templates are used with an equal amount of different drills. Each step requires the removal ofthe template and repositioning of the next. With each step there is an inherent risk ofmismatching the template with the intended mating site on the jaw. This can reduce theaccuracy with which the implant planning is transferred to the patient. With SAFE System onlyone drill guide is needed, avoiding the risks mentioned above.Depth controlSAFE System provides a physical stop, this makes that you will never drill too deep. Thedepth control makes the surgery even more safe and more accurate.Guidance for implant placement, reducing complexityTraditional templates only guide drilling. Implant placement is still done by hand, withoutguidance. The objective of the SAFE System is to simplify implant delivery to the jaw of thepatient, while increasing the accuracy and predictability of the post-operative implantpositions.Current implant placement procedures exist in a wide variety, depending on the implant brandand the drill sequence to be used. This increases the complexity of the surgical treatment.Reducing this complexity is based on a number of basic principals:• Comprehensive pre-operative preparation using the surgical tray• One surgical template to perform the surgery, eliminating the need to remove andreplace guides: all drilling is done through the same SurgiGuide, as is the implantplacement.• Reduce the drilling sequence to two especially designed drills for all cases.• Eliminate the need to use of a round initiating burr: a sharp end at the top of the pilotdrill in combination with the drill guidance should assure the correct drilling position.• Provide a physical stop both during drilling and implant placement in order toguarantee that the relative depths of the implants correspond exactly to those in theplanning.27www.SimPlant.comSurgiGuide Cookbook