Surgical Guides: Expert Course — Designing Segmental, Staged, Onlay, and Complete-Edentulism Guides

Importing CBCT into 3Diagnosis

Implant planning

Tracing the inferior alveolar canal

Determining the soft tissue contour

Virtual implant placement

Bone generation

Exporting data to PlastyCad

Preparing the bone for modeling

Generating the bone graft

Modeling the custom titanium mesh.

Advantages and disadvantages of staged templates

Raising the sleeves

Adjusting the sleeves

Creating folders for staged templates

Modeling the first template

Virtual tooth extraction

Modeling the second template

Modeling a template for reduction

Specific considerations when creating staged templates.

Uploading scans and creating models

Selecting the insertion path

Features of the removable template margin

Creating the removable part of the template

Placement of magnets

Preparing the second part of the template for printing

Advantages and disadvantages of removable templates

The importance of template design

Types of removable parts

Modeling slots

Transferring the provisional restoration onto the template.

Generating bone from CBCT

Including pins and model orientation

Creating the project

Removing artifacts and teeth from the model

Creating a combined model

Planning considerations for onlay templates

Modeling onlay templates for various clinical situations.

Landmarks for complete edentulism

Options for fabricating a template from a removable denture

Radiopaque (radiographic) template

Modeling a template in PlastyCad from a scan of a removable denture.

Modeling full‑arch constructions:

with a metal framework

without a framework.

Transfer using a key

Selection of the positioner

Fabrication of the provisional restoration in Exocad.