Comparison Between a Computer-Aided Surgical Template and the Free-Hand Method

Abstract Computer-assisted surgery is based on computerized tomography (CT) scan technology to plan the placement of dental implants and a computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD-CAM) technology to create a custom surgical template. It provides guidance for insertion implants after analysis of existing alveolar bone and planning of implant position, which can be immediately loaded, therefore achieving esthetic and functional results in a surgical stage. The absence of guidelines to treat dentulous areas is often due to a lack of computer-assisted surgery. The authors have attempted to use this surgical methodology to replace residual teeth with an immediate implantoprosthetic restoration. The aim of this case report is to show the possibility of treating a dentulous patient by applying a computer-assisted surgical protocol associated with the use of a double surgical template: one before extraction and a second one after extraction of selected teeth.

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Computer-aided methods for 3-D visualization of serial sections and thick biological specimens

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100129930 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 50 (2) ◽

pp. 1060-1061

Author(s):

Mark Ellisman ◽

Maryann Martone ◽

Gabriel Soto ◽

Eleizer Masliah ◽

David Hessler ◽

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Keyword(s):

Alzheimer’S Disease ◽

Alzheimer's Disease ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Neuritic Plaque ◽

Dimensional Structure ◽

Data Sets ◽

Molecular Physiology ◽

Research Activities ◽

Computer Aided ◽

Dimensional Reconstruction

Structurally-oriented biologists examine cells, tissues, organelles and macromolecules in order to gain insight into cellular and molecular physiology by relating structure to function. The understanding of these structures can be greatly enhanced by the use of techniques for the visualization and quantitative analysis of three-dimensional structure. Three projects from current research activities will be presented in order to illustrate both the present capabilities of computer aided techniques as well as their limitations and future possibilities.The first project concerns the three-dimensional reconstruction of the neuritic plaques found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease. We have developed a software package “Synu” for investigation of 3D data sets which has been used in conjunction with laser confocal light microscopy to study the structure of the neuritic plaque. Tissue sections of autopsy samples from patients with Alzheimer's disease were double-labeled for tau, a cytoskeletal marker for abnormal neurites, and synaptophysin, a marker of presynaptic terminals.

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Three-Dimensional Subcellular Organization of Hepatocytes in Intact Liver: Simultaneous Visualization of Cytoskeletal and Membrane Markers by Confocal Microscopy

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100163903 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 54 ◽

pp. 288-289

Author(s):

Greg V. Martin ◽

Ann L. Hubbard

Keyword(s):

Three Dimensional ◽

Integral Membrane Proteins ◽

Polarized Secretion ◽

Microscope Images ◽

Computer Aided ◽

Intracellular Organelles ◽

Cytoskeletal Elements ◽

Simultaneous Visualization

The microtubule (MT) cytoskeleton is necessary for many of the polarized functions of hepatocytes. Among the functions dependent on the MT-based cytoskeleton are polarized secretion of proteins, delivery of endocytosed material to lysosomes, and transcytosis of integral plasma membrane (PM) proteins. Although microtubules have been shown to be crucial to the establishment and maintenance of functional and structural polarization in the hepatocyte, little is known about the architecture of the hepatocyte MT cytoskeleton in vivo, particularly with regard to its relationship to PM domains and membranous organelles. Using an in situ extraction technique that preserves both microtubules and cellular membranes, we have developed a protocol for immunofluorescent co-localization of cytoskeletal elements and integral membrane proteins within 20 µm cryosections of fixed rat liver. Computer-aided 3D reconstruction of multi-spectral confocal microscope images was used to visualize the spatial relationships among the MT cytoskeleton, PM domains and intracellular organelles.

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