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Guided surgery with drill guides

Key points

  • Offers many clinical advantages compared to free-hand surgery
  • More accurate achievement of what has been planned
  • Matching of the planned/prefabricated dental prostheses
  • Compatible with flapless surgery
  • Maximal and not average deviations between the achieved implant position and the planned one, as revealed by clinical reports of the planning system used, should be taken into account

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