As innovators in state-of-the-art dental care, the experts at Nevada OMS work diligently to combine cutting-edge technologies in pursuit of precision care and treatment plans for each patient. One area includes three-dimensional printing-an emerging manufacturing technique that’s rapidly transforming oral and maxillofacial surgery through anatomically accurate guides, splints, and models.
Traditionally, surgeons visualized complex defects and planned reconstruction from two-dimensional radiographs and mental manipulation. Sophisticated three-dimensional modeling software transforms CT/CBCT scan data into interactive three-dimensional renderings that surgeons can hold and examine from all angles.
Such visualization greatly improves understanding of preoperative anatomy and proposed repairs, better engaging patients as well.
In surgeries like dental implant placements, orthognathic surgery, or biopsies near vital structures, 3D-printed surgical guides made from very accurate digital models enable surgeons to have very precise drill-bit paths, osteotome paths, or biopsy needle paths based on predetermined safe zones.
Placed guides increase accuracy exponentially over free-hand operations and risks are significantly reduced. Guides may also be designed with built-in navigational markers for use with computer navigation technology, among other applications.
Customized guides might also be helpful in complex maxillofacial trauma, tumor resection, and reconstruction by vascularized flaps or bone grafts. 3D printing of pre-bent fixation plates and 3D printed cutting jigs enables the mirror image of defects in the reproduction process to be created off-site prior to procedures thereby saving valuable time of surgery and preserving structural integrity that otherwise could get distorted during traditional repair of injury or removal of tumors.
These models, 3D printed, reproduce the anatomical defects as they occur in each patient, thus making possible detailed presurgical planning with respect to implant selection, arterial flap design, osteotomy locations, and graft/plate bending all tailored to individual pathology in true one-to-one representation. Such an intimate understanding would itself support optimal, minimally invasive interventions.
At Nevada OMS, we leverage this advanced technology to pay benefits forward to the most challenging cases through virtual planning individualized and actual planning. Precision fabricated 3D printed aides ensure accuracy and efficacy in any surgery required with ongoing advances lowering fabrication cost; personalized three-dimensional technologies will continue to revolutionize reconstructive treatments, and for your unique oral health needs, our goal is to keep offering state-of-the-art customized care.
