Developing Customized Dental Miniscrew Surgical Template from Thermoplastic Polymer Material Using Image Superimposition, CAD System, and 3D Printing

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(a) Stone cast was fabricated from the patient (including teeth/mucosa/bracket contour profiles); (b) reconstructed models from CBCT and laser scanning images; (c) solid models of maxillary bone with teeth reconstructed using CBCT images and maxillary dental arches with mucosa acquired using laser scanning were superimposed using the common register positions at the distoincisal angle of left/right incisors and distobuccal cusp of left/right first molar.

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