Guided Surgery for Fearful Patient

A 49-year-old woman is afraid of dentistry.  To reduce anxiety, guided surgery is planned for #30 first (Fig.1,2).  Lab designs a 5x10 mm implant instead of 5x11.5 mm for safety (Fig.2).  Review guided surgery protocol.  Irrigate well while drilling early and rinse thoroughly osteotomy site after each drill later.  The bone is dense.  Slow down drilling to reduce heat and postop pain.  In fact, the surgery is finished in 10 minutes.

The bone height at #14 is 8.45 mm (Fig.1').

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 02/18/2018, last revision 10/01/2018