In the new implantology approach, the bridge is made before the surgery without taking an impression and placed in the mouth during the same appointment as the surgery. The unique part of this procedure comes from the fact that the temporary bridge is screw retained on the implants without been relined and without using fancy and expensive components. In Computer driven implantology , accuracy allows using long trans-sinusal implants anchored in the zygoma or in the pterygoid bone, without opening sinusal lateral windows. Even in the presence of minimum volume of basal bone, anchorage is very stable and can be used to immediately load prostheses. When flap access in not required a surgical guide can be used with either mucosal or teeth support.
The SimPlantTM program is used to analyze CT scan data and make an implant planning in 2D and 3D, SurgiGuidesTM and SAFE SystemTM used to accurately place implants in the mouth and Immediate SmileTM components to deliver a fixed restoration in the same appointment as implant placement. Based on this concept, treatment can be individualized to meet the unique needs and concerns of each patient and each dentist.
During the 1st International Computer Aided Implantology Academy Congress (May 2006), that will take place in Rome, world-famous speakers, pioneers in using these new technologies, such as Daniel van Steenberghe (Belgium), David Sarment (USA) and Philippe Tardieu (France), just to mention a few, will intervene and alternate with their presentations in order to discuss and expand on how the new computerized procedures have completely revolutionized the traditional surgical approach in oral implantology.
The CAI Academy organizes also courses and workshop for Implantologists and Prosthesists who need continuous adjournments and education on Computer Assisted Implantology .