Patient-specific CAD/CAM cutting guide and custom miniplate
Single-use 3D-printed/laser-sintered guide(s) seating on exposed bone to mark the planned osteotomy line/screw positions, paired with a custom-milled or laser-sintered titanium miniplate pre-shaped to the planned post-osteotomy position.
How it is used
Virtually-planned orthognathic surgery (e.g. Le Fort I), transferring the surgical plan directly to bone; in some protocols it replaces the need for an occlusal splint.
Clinical tip
A Spanish prospective series of 10 bimaxillary cases (SECOM's own society journal) found the guide-plus-miniplate protocol accurately reproduced the virtual plan on 1-month CT.
Sources
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