Figure 6: Screenshot demonstrating implant planning
a) coronal view; b) sagittal view; c) axial view; d) 3D view; e) pseudo-panoramic radiograph. The purple line demonstrates the inferior alveolar nerve. The blue cylinders represent the implants selected from the implant library. The yellow cylinders show the virtual abutments, which allow the implants to be placed in relation to the planned positions of the abutments. This allows an adequate prosthetic restoration to be achieved on the basis of the principle of backwards planning. Once the set-up was completed, the scan template was filled with barium sulfate. The planned location of the abutments was created in the template with a pilot drill. The green line (c) represents the panoramic curve, which allows a pseudo-panoramic radiograph to be generated. The yellow lines (a, b and d) show the vertical axis of the implant. The light blue lines show the horizontal axis of the implant. The three red lines (b, c and e) represent the axes of the implant that is being positioned.