The Model + Antagonist Protocol

See pics and read the text under the pics in this LINK.

Using this (very easy to implement) protocol plus the Inflated Vestibulum Protocol (gap between the jaws, tongue retracted - see this LINK) you can achieve:
- Very accurate model over CT registration
- Very accurate model over antagonist registration (in fact fully automatic)
- Planning implants taking into consideration: bone, soft tissue, antagonist (in the "correct" place as per the dental technician), etc.

WARNING: The antagonist STL (the maxilla in red in the above example) WILL NEVER BE IN SYNC WITH THE CT with this method (even if it looks like...).

NOTE: This protocol can of course be also "Model + Waxup + Antagonist". The Model + Waxup Protocol (following the same principle) in this LINK. In this scenario you import to SIMPLANT three STLs (model, waxup, antagonist) but you do just one registration.

The Model + Waxup Protocol

This is IMHO the best protocol for preparing a case for planning implants (and abutments) using SIMPLANT (or other software). Very easy to implement giving optimal results not depending on the skills of the CAD/CAM technician doing the STL(s) registration(s) and most important, very easy to control by the dentist visually. To be used in conjunction with "The Cotton Rolls Protocol" (in previous item). See this LINK for a full description of the options, samples and how it is done.

The Cotton Rolls CT Protocol

Here you have a simple to implement technique to make very easy the STL registrations and few more great advantages. This Cotton Rolls CT Protocol is a must IMHO, for Kennedy Class I cases, when you have only anterior teeth for the STL registration. See how clearly the posterior gingiva appears in this LINK plus more information. See this LINK (soon) for the full "Inflated Vestibulum Protocol".

Actual (post-op) vs. Planned Implants in 3D

In case you have a post-op CT, here you have a great way to see and evaluate in 3D the delta between the implants planned and the actual (real) implants positions.

In this LINK you have a description of the whole process.

WHAT YOU NEED TO PROVIDE:

- The SIMPLANT .sof file (this is the actual file uploaded to SIMPLANT while ordering a guide)

- A post-op CT in DICOM format (no matter the denture status)

DISCLAIMER: This is not a recommendation to do an extra CT, it is intended for cases a post-op CT was performed anyway for other reasons.

In this LINK is the discussion in DentalXP.

The New HAPro Website

After a great work from Uriel Gross, the HAPro website is finally online at: http://www.hapro.co.il/.

HAPro Ltd. founded in January 2010 by Fanny Gross and Philip Segal, offers state-of-the-art digital dental technologies and services, from SimPlant for CT view and implant planning, surgical guides (SurgiGuides) from Materialise Dental and SAFE systems (as The Navigator System from BIOMET3i), to final restoration infrastructures from Biomain.

Press HERE to see interesting clinical cases included in the HAPro website.

Salo Kegen

http://www.hapro.co.il/

Dual Scan vs. Single Scan

Dual Scan versus Single Scan. In fact, this is a single scan radio-opaque scannoguide masked as base-plate (green) and teeth (red) and again as a single (dual-scan like) stent (all green) for comparison purposes.

Dual Scan: A radiolucent stent with radiographic markers (Gutta-percha or other). Two CTs are needed, patient+stent and stent alone.

Single Scan: A radio-opaque stent (base-plate 10% Barium Sulfate - teeth 30% Barium Sulfate). One CT patient+stent is needed.

Press HERE for the webalbum and HERE for the animation.

First Case in Israel using a Reduction Guide

Thanks to the initiative of Dr. Avraham Finkelman the first case in Israel using a Reduction Guide as a preliminary step for using a bone-supported SurgiGuide is undergoing. You can see HERE the preliminary pictures. As the case advance more pictures will be added.