Dental implant therapy will change its workflow using this device by augmenting and enhancing diagnosis and surgical capabilities.
ADVANTAGES:
1. Immediate decision-making with accuracy during diagnosis visit
2. Precise visualization of position of implants next to each other
3. Its three-dimensional shape allows precise evaluation of anatomic points such as the size of the edentulous space in both jaws even if saliva is obscuring clarity in the posterior area
4. Precise analysis of interocclusal space topography while closing the mouth
5. Provides information about size, direction, and teeth location for accurate positioning of implants
6. Accuracy of 0.1 mm intraoral visibility is not possible with a caliper
7. Reduced surgical exposure time
8. Less invasive, flapless surgery, and, therefore, less chance of swelling
9. Clinician’s state of low stress
10. Transparency of material, which allows seeing through the model while drilling
11. Improves free hand results if the stereolithography fabrication process is not available
12. Does not require an extra mouth opening that jeopardizes surgical procedures like other surgical guides.
13. cost-effectiveness
14. Added value to the product is that it comes with software that can have both, digital format in the CBCT and analog format in the mouth simultaneously. Which is a benefit that means if a patient that had CBCT done in another country and decides treatment elsewhere for surgery might not have to go for another X-RAY. Which means save time and money. This is the only device that has a prefabricated analog & digital format 1:1 ratio in any CBCT to its same dimension in a software.
DISADVANTAGES:
It can not perform as a fully guided surgery appliance
Makrolon® is polycarbonate thermoplastic resin, lightweight, heat resistant with glass like transparency, and is impact resistant – even at low temperatures. It also has high dimensional stability and is easily molded yet displays excellent heat resistance with a glass transition temperature of up to 148oC [autoclavable at 121oC for 20 minutes]
Clinical examination is very vital to the range of the big variation in the success rate.
Despite the latest development towards an ultimately digital dental implant therapy workflow When it comes to diagnosis visits, the clinician uses a ruler or a caliper to evaluate the potential implant sites for interdental and interocclusal space.
This device enables quick and accurate decision-making with an accuracy of 0.1 mm. Due to inherent inaccuracies in measuring intraorally with a device [ruler] with 1mm lines an impression [a mold] is made to measure them extra orally.
The impression is poured in stone with an average 4 hours setting time, and only then, the treatment plan could be ready for evaluation. However, this item due to its premeasured required dimensions can enable the doctor to immediately decide, yes or no, while the patient is in the dental chair. This product [DiDi] will eliminate an extra patient’s visit to evaluate the diagnosis casts once poured and available dimensions calculated.
The patients are waiting to pour and inform the possibility.
It is disposable, hence hygienic during the covid Era, it's pure plastic; hence recyclable and it is transparent to visualize the soft tissue and bone under it while working. Today, prefabricated metallic instruments are used to determine edentulous spaces and drilling is done through which could create patient discomfort from the metal banging in the mouth, this is light weight [3 gram] and completely avoids any accidents if it falls from the doctor’s hand.
It minimizes the first visit [intraoral clinical examination] chair time from 15-20 minutes to 1-5.
With the device in hand, all these measurements are readily calculatable anytime inside patient’s mouth with less miscalculation if the normal ruler is used.
Dental Implant Diagnostic Index, “DiDi” is simply a 3D multipurpose device used as a diagnosis template during 1st visit and helps to visualize the ideal implant position as a template that is much more accurate than free hand during 2nd visit surgery.
It also can be used during 3rd visit to outline
the tissue during the Uncovery procedure with minimum mistake in locating the placed implants and hence less trauma to the soft tissue.
This device enables quick and accurate decision-making with an accuracy of 0.1 mm.
This template also projects the buccal outline surface of the future maxillary anterior teeth when they are missing.
Its stability and design allow for unrestricted tissue reflection, adequate irrigation of the
region and enhances the predictability of the implant position.
In addition to thecorresponding accuracy due to the existence of reference points, the surgical procedure is also accelerated, with a positive impact on post-operative healing.
Also, it guides and provide reference points for the accurate placement of more implants next to the previously placed implants. Finally, the main advantage to this device is the elimination of
the additional laboratory time/cost required for the fabrication of a new template and the necessary construction of a new working cast to measure the edentulous spaces in horizontal and vertical dimension to plan the case during the completion of the 1st visit [diagnosis phase].
