Designing CAD/CAM Surgical Guides for Maxillary Reconstruction Using an In-house ApproachToshiaki Numajiri 1, Daiki Morita 2, Hiroko Nakamura 3, Ryo Yamochi 1, Shoko Tsujiko 4, Yoshihiro Sowa 1
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 2Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, 3Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fukuchiyama City Hospital, 4Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital
Methods for designing a computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) surgical guide are shown. Cutting planes are separated, united, and thickened to easily visualize the necessary bone transfer. These designs can be three-dimensional printed and checked for accuracy.
