Radiology

Computer-aided

Coronal plane

Biomedical engineering

Surgery

Dentistry

Programming language

Radiation treatment planning

Navigation system

Dental implant

Implant

Cone beam computed tomography

Computer science

Computed tomography

Orthodontics

Computer vision

Radiation therapy

Medicine

Journal of Clinical Medicine

To analyze the accuracy capability of two computer-aided navigation procedures for dental implant placement.A total of 40 dental implants were selected, which were randomly distributed into two study groups, namely, group A, consisting of those implants that were placed using a computer-aided static navigation system (n = 20) (guided implant (GI)) and group B, consisting of those implants that were placed using a computer-aided dynamic navigation system (n = 20) (navigation implant (NI)). The placement of the implants from group A was performed using surgical templates that were designed using 3D implant-planning software based on preoperative cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and a 3D extraoral surface scan, and the placement of group B implants was planned and performed using the dynamic navigation system. After placing the dental implants, a second CBCT was performed and the degree of accuracy of the planning and placement of the implants was analyzed using therapeutic planning software and Student's t-test.The paired t-test revealed no statistically significant differences between GI and NI at the coronal (p = 0.6535) and apical (p = 0.9081) levels; however, statistically significant differences were observed between the angular deviations of GI and NI (p= 0.0272).Both computer-aided static and dynamic navigation procedures allow accurate implant placement.

Accuracy of Computer-Aided Dynamic Navigation Compared to Computer-Aided Static Navigation for Dental Implant Placement: An In Vitro Study