SurgiGuide Cookbook - Dental-Depot

Pre-operative actions1. Complete Surgical Tray/Drill setCheck carefully if all necessary components are available. It is up to the surgeon to keepthese sets/kits complete and to replace components when needed. Only after the technicianhas designed the SurgiGuide, will the necessary components be known. If there is any doubtwhich components to use for which implant site, please contact the manufacturer of theSurgiGuide to request the necessary information before proceeding.Fig. 1: Surgical tray2. Check drilling tubesCheck carefully if the drilling tubes are easily screwable into the tubes incorporated in theSurgiGuide.For ease of handling, it may be necessary to use an instrument such as forceps, pince, orpliers to transfer the drilling tubes during surgery. It might also be useful to secure the drillingtubes using a small thread around the collar of the tubes in case they may loosen and fall intothe throat of the patient.3. Check drillsCheck if the drills to be used will pass easily through the drilling tubes until the level of thephysical stop. Also check to see if the depth of the osteotomies to be created and themeasures you have taken for mucosa thickness or other important parameters is realisticcompared to your planned implant length. If there is any doubt about the correct transfer ofthe implant depth, it is recommended to use your standard procedure for controlling thedepth of the implant sites, and not to rely on the physical stops of the drills.SURGICAL PROCEDURES4. Check implant holdersCheck to see if the implant holders pass easily through the guiding tubes incorporated intothe guide until the level of the physical stop. Also check to see if the transfer of the implantplacement and the measures you have taken about mucosa thickness or other importantparameters is realistic compared to your planned implant length. If there is any doubt aboutthe correct transfer of the implant depth, it is recommended to use your standard procedurefor controlling the depth of the implant sites, and not to rely on the physical stops of theimplant holders.75www.SimPlant.comSurgiGuide Cookbook