Guided Implant SurgeryComputer-Planned Precision Placement
- Computer-guided implant surgery uses 3D CBCT imaging and CAD/CAM surgical guides to plan and execute implant placement with sub-millimetre accuracy.
How Does Guided Implant Surgery Work?
Guided implant surgery works in four steps: a 3D CBCT scan images the jaw, planning software maps implant positions, a 3D-printed surgical guide is fabricated with metal sleeves at each position, and the guide directs implant placement through those sleeves during surgery.
1. 3D CBCT scan - full volumetric imaging of the jaw
2. Digital treatment planning - implant positions mapped in specialised software (Nobel Clinician, Straumann coDiagnostix)
3. Surgical guide fabrication - 3D-printed guide with metal sleeves for each implant position
4. Guided surgery - guide placed in the mouth; implants inserted through the guide sleeves
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What Are the Benefits of Guided Surgery Over Freehand Placement?
Guided surgery delivers tighter placement accuracy than freehand placement, a pre-planned trajectory that avoids nerves and sinuses, shorter surgery time, and a flapless option in some cases for faster healing.
- Accuracy: tighter deviation tolerance than freehand placement
- Safety: Pre-planned trajectory avoids nerves, sinuses, and adjacent roots
- Speed: Shorter surgery time (pre-planned positions)
- Predictability: What's planned is what's delivered
- Flapless option: Some cases can be performed without opening a flap (faster healing)
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Is Guided Surgery Used at Stunning Dentistry?
Yes, guided surgery is our standard protocol for All-on-4/6 and zygomatic cases. Surgical guides are 3D-printed in-house within 24 hours, per our own lab turnaround, with no external lab and no delays.
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Specialist-only treatment planning
- Remote file review before travel
- Evidence-led treatment checkpoints
No waiting list for eligible cases
- Remote file review before travel
- Evidence-led treatment checkpoints
Trip coordinated with care timeline
- Remote file review before travel
- Evidence-led treatment checkpoints
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Does Guided Surgery Cost Extra?
No, guided surgery is our standard protocol for All-on-4/6 and zygomatic cases, bundled into the treatment price rather than billed separately.
How Long Does It Take to Produce the Surgical Guide?
Surgical guides are 3D-printed in-house within 24 hours, since there's no external lab in the workflow.
How Do I Get Started?
Upload your X-rays and book your free video consult. You'll receive a detailed treatment plan with CAD pricing within 12 hours.
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