Advantages:
- More Precise Surgical Procedures: Dental surgical guides can help achieve more precise and accurate results in implant placement, bone grafting and other surgical procedures. This ensures accurate placement of implants and better fit of dental prostheses.
- Minimally Invasive Approach: Guidelines can facilitate the use of minimally invasive surgical techniques, which can speed up the patient's recovery process and reduce post-surgical discomfort.
- Faster Procedure: Dental surgical guides can speed up the procedure by helping to quickly determine the correct position and angles.
- Patient Safety: Correct positioning and implant placement is critical to the long-term health and safety of the patient. Dental guides provide greater safety in this regard.
- Digital Technology Integration: Dental guides can be integrated with modern imaging technologies such as digital x-rays and dental tomography, providing greater precision and accuracy.
Disadvantages:
- Expertise Requirement: Dentists and dental assistants must be specially trained to use the guides effectively.
- Technological Issues: Since the design and manufacture of guides is based on technology, technical problems or errors may occur. These include pirated software, improper and inaccurate materials and uncalibrated devices.
- Personalization Difficulty: Each patient is unique and sometimes guides may not be able to meet specific needs. In this case, surgeons may have to rely more on their manual skill and discretion.
As a result, dental surgical guides, while offering many advantages, require specialized training for their correct use. Since each patient and surgical procedure is unique, the appropriateness of the use of guides should be carefully evaluated for each case.
