Prefabricated 3D-printed full-arch implant for functional and esthetic rehabilitation: a prosthesis-integrated drill guide solution
Hao Bai, Wenyan Wu, Xuejun Ge, Zhen Wang · 2025
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Description
Rebuilding a whole dental arch on implants in one sitting is kind to patients but unforgiving of small errors, since tiny misfits multiply across the arch. Hao Bai and co-authors refine the digital workflow in a 2025 paper. Their protocol merges the prefabricated prosthesis itself with the drill guide, so the restoration helps position its own implants.
Intraoral scans and virtual design produce the prosthesis and template before surgery. Joining the two cuts the repositioning errors that creep in when temporary parts are fixed with resin. The study reports high placement accuracy, a smoother workflow, and immediate functional and esthetic loading. The authors present the approach as a cost-effective way to make full-arch rehabilitation more predictable.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hao Bai, Wenyan Wu, Xuejun Ge, Zhen Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |