Optimizing surgical results from facial trauma through a facial basal registration
Author
Valls, Adaia
Molins, Gloria
Masià Gridilla, Jorge
Hernández Alfaro, Federico
Publication date
2018ISSN
2577-1914
Abstract
Surgery is the treatment of choice for most of maxillofacial fractures (MFF). Hence, three-dimensional (3D) virtual planning with computer software technologies and navigation assisted surgery has emerged as an integral tool through the mirroring hemifaces technique. However, the aforementioned protocol is not advisable for asymmetric faces nor is it applicable for bilateral MFF. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to describe an innovative workflow based on keeping a prior 3D registry of the healthy patient or so called “facial print”. This protocol includes a scan of the patient, surface intraoral scanning of both dental arches and photographs, and the subsequent fusion of the three data sets. Twenty subjects who were interested in having a “facial print” were enrolled in the trial. The studied sample comprised of 12 women and 8 men with a mean age of 35.7 years. Total patient registration time for the three records was on average 13 minutes and the matching work for “virtual patient” generation took another 15 minutes on average. In conclusion, this innovative workflow has the potential to improve surgical accuracy and predictability, reduce operative time and level up surgeon’s comfort.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
616.3 - Pathology of the digestive system. Complaints of the alimentary canal
Keywords
Cara -- Cirurgia
Cirurgia assistida per ordinador
Reconstrucció facial
Impressió facial
Exploració intraoral superficial
Planificació virtual 3D
Boca -- Cirugía
Cirugía asistida por ordenador
Reconstrucción facial
Impresión facial
Escaneo intraoral de superficie
Planificación virtual 3D
Maxillofacial surgery
Computer assisted surgery
Facial reconstruction
Facial-print
Surface intraoral scanning
3D virtual planning
Pages
5
Publisher
Crimson Publishers
Collection
4;3
Is part of
Research & Investigations in Sports Medicine
Citation
Valls, Adaia; Molins, Gloria; Masiá, Jorge [et al.]. Optimizing surgical results from facial trauma through a facial basal registration. Research & Investigations in Sports Medicine, 2018, 4(3), p. 321-325. Disponible en: <https://crimsonpublishers.com/rism/fulltext/RISM.000589.php>. Fecha de acceso: 3 jun. 2021. DOI: 10.31031/RISM.2018.04.000589
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- Odontologia [222]
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