{"id":586,"date":"2024-06-13T16:36:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dgdental.com\/blog\/?p=586"},"modified":"2024-07-22T14:13:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T14:13:16","slug":"freehand-vs-guided-dental-implant-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dgdental.com\/blog\/freehand-vs-guided-dental-implant-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"New Teeth Made Better: Freehand vs. Guided Dental Implant Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You may already know about dental implants<\/a> if you\u2019ve ever lost any teeth. These small, metal posts now represent the gold standard of modern tooth replacement. That said, new technology has found a way to make them yet more effective: guided dental implant surgery! This enhanced approach to implant placement has perks that freehand surgery doesn\u2019t. For more details, just keep reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Context: What\u2019s Freehand Dental Implant Surgery?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Up until the last few years, implant surgeons couldn\u2019t get help from software. They could only place implant posts through freehand dental implant surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freehand implant surgery (per its name) is planned entirely by your surgeon. As such, it often requires a long time to manufacture, fit, and insert dental implants. A lab needs weeks to craft the restorations based on many images and molds taken by your dental team. Plus, the produced implants may be \u201coff\u201d in placement, size, and shape. These missteps could result in implant failure, infections, or pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How is Guided Implant Surgery Different?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many dentists no longer place implant posts through the \u201cfreehand\u201d method. Instead, new forms of technology let them perform guided dental implant surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guided dental implant surgery relies on computers for help. To be more exact, it lets a dentist use advanced software to \u201cguide\u201d the placement work. These programs capture clear images of your mouth, so each implant is set precisely. They take a lot of guesswork out of your treatment and ensure more optimal results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Choose Guided Over Freehand?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Along with the normal implant perks, guided implant surgery offers extra upsides that freehand ones can’t. These are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n