CHALLENGES IN GUIDED SURGERY AND 3D VIRTUAL PLANNING IN ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY
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https://doi.org/10.56238/levv16n55-136Keywords:
Guided Surgery, 3D Virtual Planning, Orthognathic Surgery, Maxillofacial Trauma, Digital Implantology, 3D PrintingAbstract
The advancement of digital technologies has revolutionized oral and maxillofacial surgery, allowing for more precise diagnoses and 3D virtual surgical planning. This narrative review examines the benefits and challenges of guided surgery and virtual planning, focusing on orthognathic surgery, trauma, orbital reconstruction, and implantology. The literature demonstrates that the integration of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) with intraoral scans and CAD/CAM software significantly improves the accuracy of procedures, with discrepancies between planned and executed results generally clinically acceptable (< 2 mm). However, limitations persist, such as high cost, learning curve, lack of standardization in image registration methods (surface vs. voxel), and functional restrictions in implantology software. The study concludes that, although transformative, these technologies require continuous validation and overcoming technical barriers for their universal application.
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