Basic Surgical Guides

Category: Surgery

Instructor(s): Nate Farley

Course structure: Lessons: 6 modules: 21 online lessons | Duration: 5 h 14 min

Course overview

When you are new to digital dentistry, the learning curve can be a bit tricky. One of the most cost effective ways to get into this niche of dentistry is surgical guides. They are so easy to make (with a little help) and are quite profitable. Bring your surgical guide fabrication in house and have better surgeries for less money. This course will touch on a variety of topics meant to get you comfortable with basic surgical guides.

Here are some of the things we cover:
- Obtaining good records with instruction on intraoral scanning (I use the Trios) and tips to get better CBCTs.
- Aligning STL files to set up for planning implant placement (we use Blue Sky Plan...free software).
- Learn to make a tooth-supported guide as well as an edentulous guide.
- Tips on 3D printing in-house, cleaning, and curing
- Finishing the surgical guide so you are ready to go.

Curriculum

1. Introduction

• Lesson 1: Basic Surgical Guides introduction

2. Scanning records

• Lesson 1: Intraoral scanning
• Lesson 2: CBCT tricks

3. Designing

• Lesson 1: Bluesky plan walkthrough
• Lesson 2: Aligning digital files
• Lesson 3: Setting up the case
• Lesson 4: Implant placement
• Lesson 5: Guide fabrication
• Lesson 6: Making edentulous guide
• Lesson 7: Dealing with scatter from metal
• Lesson 8: Digitally extracting tooth in meshmixer

4. Printing the guide

• Lesson 1: Printing the digital guide introduction
• Lesson 2: Sending to asiga
• Lesson 3: Sending to form 2
• Lesson 4: Reviewing the asiga and form 2
• Lesson 5: Cleaning curting and finishing

5. Two implants planned from start to finish

• Lesson 1: Start with meshmixer waxup
• Lesson 2: End with BSP guide

6. Frequently asked questions

• Lesson 1: Frequently asked question introduction
• Lesson 2: What is best to support guides?
• Lesson 3: Are guide tubes a must?