YZ3U ~~-Fu Shen, DDS”

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

implants in a usable position in the available al-

veolar ridge and controlling buccal-lingual angulation at
surgery is often diEcult to accomplish.1-7
A simplified surgical stent that is easy to make is
described. The stent consists of a wire that extends from
the lingual side of a self-curing resin stent in a vertical axis
(Pig. I). The advantages are (I) predetermined implant
position that is easily transferred from the surgical stent to

Vertical axial wire extending from lingual side of self-‘-curing resin stem serves +..
guide for implant placement.

Fi uecai mucoperiosteum flap reflected ehind surgieai guide with no illtesferenL:e

%o surgical procedure.
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1993;69:70-2.
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