3D printed individual drill sleeve for depth controlled sections in third molar surgery

Publication date: Available online 10 December 2018

Source: Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Author(s): József Szalma, Bálint Viktor Lovász, Edina Lempel, Péter Maróti

Abstract

During surgical third molar removals and coronectomy procedures, tooth sectioning is an important and, in some cases, an inferior alveolar nerve endangering step. This description introduces a drilling sleeve, which was printed according to the individual tooth sectioning situation preoperatively, using the diagnostic cone-beam CT data. The sleeve functioned in our case not only as a mark on the drill, it was a reliable physical limiter, determinant of the required depth during tooth sectioning. This fast and cost effectively produced drilling sleeve may help younger colleagues when the depth of tooth sections should be precisely controlled.

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