A DREAM COME TRUE: SURGERY AND PROSTHESIS ON COMPUTER-GUIDED IMPLANTS

Clínica Sicilia, one of the first centres in Europe to apply the "TEETH IN AN HOUR (TIAH®) protocol, the 3D evaluation technology that makes it possible for implant surgery to take place virtually and for the provisional fixed prosthesis to be prepared prior to operating.

How does it work?

- During the first stage, Clinica Sicilia's medical team performs a detailed medical diagnosis. Next, in collaboration with your restorative dentist or prosthodontist, the ideal type of prosthesis is designed, and a “prototype” prosthesis is created, which will be scanned along with the patient.

Then, in the digital radiology unit of Clínica Sicilia, the CAT analysis is performed with the i-Cat digital scannert: one scan is taken of the patient with the prosthesis placed in the mouth and another is of only the prosthesis, in order to capture its characteristics as precisely as possible.

The double CAT analysis is instantly processed at Clínica Sicilia with the TIAH® software, generating a three-dimensional cranial reconstruction, where subsequently, in interconsultation, the periodontist and the restorative dentist analyse the reconstruction and study the initial position of the teeth, as well as the amount and quality of the bone available for the implants.

Once the ideal position and the appropriate angle have been selected, virtual surgery is performed on the computer. The implants are put in place and their mechanical stability studied.

The outcome of the above process is sent to Nobel Biocare’s European Central Laboratory (ECL) in Sweden. The laboratory manufactures the final prosthesis and the surgical template (TIAH® TEMPLATE) that will enable the implants to be put in place through high-precision, minimally-invasive surgery.

- The following stage takes place in the Computer-Guided Surgery Unit of Clínica Sicilia, where the implants will be put in place. Aided by latest-generation microscopes and using the TIAH® template, the surgeon puts the implants in place and then adapts the final high-precision implant-supported prosthesis.

After the operation, the patient has permanent teeth and can smile with confidence.
The whole process takes less than an hour!!!!

What are the benefits?

Greater precision, less time in surgery, improved post-operative period, the possibility of performing surgery without flaps (or incisions and sutures) and the preparation of a high-precision permanent prosthesis that can be adapted and put in place during the operation.