Emergence Profile Index Implant Surgical Guide

Introduction: This case series presents an innovative approach to fabricating an implant surgical guide to facilitate ideal implant placement.Case Series: Three healthy, non-smoking patients with a partially edentulous ridge presented to a private practice. Informed consent for dental implant placement was attained from patients. Sequential three-dimensional (3D) surgical guides were fabricated before implant surgery using light-polymerizing material. These guides provided information to the surgeons on implant position in the bucco-lingual, mesio-distal, and apico-coronal directions.Conclusion: With assistance of the proposed surgical guide, ideal 3D implant placement can be achieved so that future peri-implant complications can be minimized.