The role of Implants in dentistry is to restore the form, function and esthetics of the lost teeth. In the pursuit of this goal, Guided Implant placement has been developed hand-in-hand with computed tomography to improve the accuracy of implant surgery and future prosthodontic treatment thus becoming a boon to the implantologists in a variety of clinical situations which has now been well documented in the literature.
Guided templates greatly assist in the implant surgery, providing prosthodontic considerations before surgery, guiding the drilling procedure and preventing unexpected surgical complications. Guided implant placement is not the standard of care but is rapidly becoming the standard for excellence in terms of safe and precise implant placement
The Use of digital implant planning requires a series of steps, all of which are necessary in order to make a precise plan that will result in a guided template. The resultant template is as accurate as the quality and accuracy of the collected data.