In ICOI’s official glossary, Navigation is cross-referenced to Navigation surgery.
Navigation surgery: Syn: Computer-aided navigation, Implant guided surgery, Navigation, Surgical navigation.A distinct surgical modality in which the intraoperative localization of the surgical instrument is fed back visually onscreen in reference to the preoperative diagnostic imaging of the patient by employing patient registration algorithms and motion tracking technology.
In implant dentistry, the implant drilling and placement are guided by imaging displaying real-time reconstruction of the intraoperative localization of the dental drill relative to the pre-acquired CT imaging of the anatomic structures.
The dental drill is piloted according to a preplanned drilling-path or implant position by means of onscreen direction indicators.
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