Comprehensive Single/Quadrant Implant Workflow

Osteotomy using surgical stent for pilot hole

The stent is used as a surgical tool to give the surgeon a basic idea as to where the implant access hole should ideally be placed. Surgeon can take an x-ray to have a general idea as to the bone position relative to the guide hole due to the gutta percha radio opaque markers. Typically in a non-guided surgery the initial pilot hole uses the surgical stent, then the stent is discarded and the rest of the osteotomy is performed free-hand.