New Hi-Tech Equipment at ROE

ROE has invested in a new Objet rapid prototyping machine to create many of our restorations, beginning with clear CBCT surgical guides. Clear guides help to confirm definite seating during the procedure and provide a clean look.

BlueSkyPlan - Now Available for Mac OS

If you are a MAC user, you can now download FREE BlueSkyPlan software! For you this means importing DICOM directly into BlueSkyPlan and virtually placing implants for surgical guides. Wait! before you do this, upload your DICOM to us and request a BlueSkyPlan  file for your case that has virtual teeth, virtually articulated models - with opposing dentition for a, and positioned implants! We can walk you through the process. 800 228 6663 ask for CT Support.

Support from the ROE Team

When you need support with exporting DICOM, creating scan appliances for any system, assistance with surgical or restorative treatment planning, please call our knowledgeable team. ROE has facilitated several thousand cases in the 5 several years. We are here to support dentists.

Indications & Protocols for CBCT Based Surgical Guides

We recently wrote a one-page summary of the protocols for scanning patients, which includes guidelines to determine when and where to use a radiographic guide. Using the no-scan appliance technique is a time and cost savings approach that yeilds great results.

http://www.dentalimplantplanning.com/Indications%20&%20Protocols%20for%20CBCT%20Based%20Surgical%20Guides.pdf

Separate Arches During CT Scan

It is imperative that the arches are separated during the CT scan. This goes for scan and no-scan appliance technique. Our radiographic guides include a radiolucent bite registration. However, if a bite reg is not present, use cotton rolls. Nearly all cases that do not have separated arches must be rescanned.

No Scan Appliance Technique - skip the wax-up

In the last few months we have completed hundreds of cases using our No-Scan-Appliance technique. This technique allows you to simply capture a CBCT and send models to our facility. From this we create surgical guides, saving you time, lab fees and appointments. When the models arrive at ROE they are digititized, and rather than completing diagnostic wax-ups, we design virtual teeth using crown and bridge virtual software. Once the teeth are set in ideal positions, the implant position is planned and we host our on line meeting to finalize the case.

Be sure to follow our protocol for case selection. Contra-indications for the no-scan-technique are edentulous patients and metal based restorations in the areas of proposed implant sites.

New CT Order Form

The left bar has a link for our New CT Order Form. This is a .pdf that can be completed on your computer. Complete the form with a digital signature and email it to alan@roedentallab.com. Or, print and fax it to 216-663-2233. This should be included with the impressions/models/bite as well.

No Scan Appliance Technique is NOW AVAILABLE

Happy New Year. We are excited to announce the availability of our NEW No Scan Appliance technique for planning your CT based implant guides. During the last several months we have worked hard with BlueSkyBio developing this appealing service for our clients to help save time and expense. We know you will be very pleased with this simplified service.

The process is quite simple. Capture a CBCT of your patient with the arches separated with cotton rolls. Be sure to remove any metal-based removable appliances prior to scan. Upload the DICOM images to www.dentalimplantplanning.com. Send master casts of both arches, a bite registration, and study model (if available) to ROE.

We will complete a diagnostic work up on your model to idealize tooth location. The work-up will be visualized in the CT plan for ideal implant placement during planning. We will contact you to plan the case on line within 3 days of receiving the DICOM and models.

Indications:

Flapless or flapped surgery

Immediate extraction and implant placement

All implant systems (ie Zimmer, Straumann, 3i, Astra etc)

Surgical Guide Kits: Zimmer Surgical Kit, BlueSkyPlan Kit, Straumann Surgical Kit, 3i Navigator

Contraindications:

Edentulous patients – patients must be scanned with a radiographic guide.

Patients with excessive metal based crown and bridge (metal produces scatter in the DICOM)

The no-scan appliance technique is a breakthrough that offers many benefits to your practice. Surgical guides offer a high degree of accuracy, acceptance may increase due to the lower cost, turn-around is much quicker,  and significantly less coordination between the restorative dentist, surgeon, laboratory and patient.

Zimmer Guided Surgery

Zimmer Dental anounced release of their Guide Surgery Kit several months ago. They developed a straight forward system with two drill lengths and spoon carriers. Below are images of the spoon set and the surgery reference guide. Email alan@roedentallab.com for the large .pdfs of these images.

Gallileos CT Scan Solution - Beta

Sirona has developed a device that will make Galileos DICOM available for 3rd party softwares. During the past 5 years we've worked with Galileos owners and Sirona support trying to understand the settings needed to scan an appliance needed to plan surgical guides. The scans are visible on the Galileos monitor in the office, however when it is imported into viewers and other softwares, the images are washed out. Sirona is now testing a device that seems to work. It is a led cylinder that surrounds the appliance, and renders a clear image. We are testing the images that have been produced and will post the results.

No Scan Appliance Technique - Promising Results

We've been hard at work with a few clients testing our no scan appliance technique to fabricating surgical guides. We've had only success so far and will role out our results in the coming weeks. If effective, the process of creating guides will be streamlined to less appointments, less cost, less coordination, and even a higher degree of accuracy.

If you would like to join our Beta test group, call Alan Banks 800 228 6663 ext 306

Zimmer Surgical Kit SAFE Now Available !

SAFE Zimmer Surgical Guide is a spoon and drill system that is compatible with SimPlant, iDent, BlueSkyPlan and Facilitate. This kit, when combined with prolongation in our software controls not only angulation but depth as well! The kit is available through your Zimmer rep. The price is approximately $3600 for the drills and surgical tool kit. Call with any questions.

New Scan Procedure for Immediate Extraction & Placment Guides

1. Separate the primary scan appliance from any removable section (s) attached to the appliance. The separate sections will represent the areas involving the immediate extraction of teeth at the time of implant placement.

2. Seat the primary scan appliance containing the gutta percha fiducials in the patient’s mouth, without the separate sections. Seat the radio translucent bite registration material provided with the case over the appliance and guide the patient into the bite material. In absence of the bite material two cotton rolls can be used.

3. Request that the patient stay motionless, and follow the manufactures instructions to capture the CBCT images.

4. Remove the appliance from the patient’s mouth and attach the removable scan appliance section(s) back to the primary scan appliance. Glue the sections in place with a small amount of adhesive glue (included).

5. After the glue sections have completely dried place the appliance back in the CBCT scanner. The appliance should not be placed directly on the chin rest it should be separated from the chin rest with a Styrofoam or foam block, such as the padding inside a ROE shipping box, figure 3. The appliance should be oriented within the table is the same position as the first scan.

6. Save the data from the two scans into two different folders, Patient & Template, save datasets into one folder labeled with the patients name and upload to www.dentalimplantplanning.com, figure 4. Follow the instructions provided when the “Upload” button is pressed on the left side of the website.

New BlueSkyPlan Computer Guided Surgical Kit

Introducing BlueSkyPlan's CT Surgical Kit. Similar to NobelGuide, Straumann Surgical Kit etc., BlueSkyPlan's kit is the optimal method of placing implants. This kit controls angulation using the single guide technique and offers depth control. The kit includes a set of drill guide spoons, drills, tissue punches, anchor drills and more. ROE plans cases for doctors and provides a surgical report for surgery instruction. To purchase the guide follow this link .

Using a surgical guide to locate and uncover implants AND as a custom tray

The surgical guide used to place the implants is not a throw-away. When the implants are incovered in a few months, place the surgical guide in the mouth, use a marker, place a dot on the implant site and uncover. When the implants are ready for the final impression, use this same guide to transfer the case to the laboratory - an excellent custom tray. The images are compliments of Dr. Ali Kanawait, Prosthodontist in Cleveland OH.

BlueSky Plan Now Offers Two New Surical Guide Techniques!

BlueSky Plan (blueskybio.com), which offers free treatment planning software now have expanded its capabilities and can now offer both bone based surgical guides and tooth born surgical guides without the need for a scan appliance. Create a surgical guide without the need for a scan appliance can save time and expense, making the best value in dental surgical guides even better! Contact ROE Dental Lab for additional details.

Case in BlueSky Plan software

Surgical guide without a scan appliance in a STl editor

Case with printed guides for upper and lower, guides fit exceptional on stone cast!

Inroduction to planning web site

Treatment planning implant cases has never been easier or more predictable. Gone are the days when implants are placed too deep or too shallow, in poor proximity to adjacent implants or natural teeth, or in
embrasures.We are very excited to be one of only a few facilities in the country to offer a complete CT Planning Service.Our laboratory, unlike other planning services, has theunique advantage of providing support throughout the entire treatment process. We provide full diagnosticwork-up, computed tomography scan appliances, virtual planning with multiple software applications, live online consultation for optimal surgical guide fabrication, and provisional & final restorations. We work with all popular implant planning software such as NobelGuide, iDent, SimPlant, and easyGuide. Because we have the software and hardware in our laboratory to create rapid manufactured surgical templates, the one-stop-shop approach greatly increases theproficiency and timeliness of surgical planning.To facilitate this service we have developed a new department we’ve named Dental Implant Planning.If you would like to take advantage of this service on your next implant case, please contact us or ask your implant specialist to contact us. To discover more information about the service or the four planning softwares we are presently using visit www.dentalimplantplanning.com.

Welcome to the Dental Implant Planning Blog

Welcome new blog dedicated to virtual dental implant planning we will post message on new and exciting developments on the ability of dentists to virtually place implants in a variety of software using DICOM data from a CT scan. This can provide the doctor a surgical guide which can be used to precisely place dental implants. As this blog develops I am confident that dental professionals interested in this emerging area of dentistry will find this blog very informative. This blog is associated with ROE Dental Laboratory and the following websites.

http://www.roedentallab.com/

http://www.dentalimplaningplanning.com/