Course Outline

• Introduction
  • Why are we here?
  • What constitutes a well-placed dental implant? Posterior vs anterior implant positions.
  • STL guides accuracy
• CBCT and Intraoral scanners
  • Radiographic guide fabrication –
    • CBCT basics
    • Criteria for ideal radiographic guide/radiographic index
      • Fully and partially edentulous, maxilla and mandible
    • NobelGuide dual-scan technique for edentulous patients
    • Calibration object
    • SmartFusion™ technology for treatment planning partially edentulous patients
  • Indications for CT guided planning and surgery Advantages for patients and your practice
• Patient selection and evaluation
  • Fully edentulous
  • Partially edentulous
• DTX Studio Implant treatment planning (fully and partially edentulous)
  • Opening software/patient registration
  • Creating DICOM images (CBCT)
  • DICOM image import/Conversion of images
  • Orientation of images
  • Drawing inferior alveolar nerve
  • Identifying tooth roots
  • Treatment planning implant placement and stabilization pins
• Guided surgery. The Nobel Guide work flow process.
  • NobelGuide STL guide seating/adjustment
  • Sterilization
  • Surgical index
  • Implant specific instrumentation/tooling
  • Abutment choices
• NobelConnect® – interdisciplinary communications
• Practice management/Case acceptance/Practice growth