Title

The accuracy of dental implant placement with different computer-assisted implant surgery techniques

Authors

Sindhu Sudhakar Kumararama^1,*, H. Sneha1, A.B Nischitha¹, Bhavna Jha Kukreja², Md Jalaluddin³, Ripal Parikh⁴ & Miral Mehta⁵

Affiliation

¹Department of Prosthodontics, Crown & Bridge, Rajarajeswari Dental College and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; ²Department Preventive Dental Sciences, Gulf Medical University, Ajman UAE; ³Department of Periodontics and Implantology, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences (KIDS), Campus-5, KIMS, KIIT Deemed University, Bhubaneswar-751024, Odisha, India; ⁴Department of Periodontics, Dharmsinh Desai University, Gujarat, India; ⁵Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Karnavati School of Dentistry, Karnavati University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Sindhu Sudhakar Kumararama - E-mail: sindhuami@gmail.com; Phone: +91 89715 11882
H. Sneha - E-mail: sneha.h1995@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8496071927
A.B Nischitha - E-mail: basavarajnischitha11@gmail.com; Phone: +91 7204608506
Bhavna Jha Kukreja - E-mail: drbhavnajha@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9931413256
Md Jalaluddin - E-mail: drjalal1979@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9338131843
Ripal Parikh - E-mail: ripalshah2209@gmail.com; Phone: +91 96249 31029
Miral Mehta - E-mail: miralmehta@karnavatiuniversity.edu.in; Phone: +91 94277 04737

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received March 1, 2026; Revised March 31, 2026; Accepted March 31, 2026, Published March 31, 2026

Abstract

Despite technological advances, achieving ideal three-dimensional precision in dental implant placement remains challenging, with deviations potentially affecting prosthetic outcomes and peri-implant health. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the accuracy of static computer-guided, dynamic computer-guided and conventional freehand implant placement techniques. Hence, a total of 120 implants were placed in 96 patients, with at least 40 implants per group and postoperative CBCT images were compared with preoperative plans to measure positional deviations. Both computer-guided approaches demonstrated significantly higher placement accuracy than the freehand method (p < 0.05). Dynamic navigation achieved the best accuracy with minimal coronal (0.71 ± 0.34 mm) and angular (2.18 ± 1.12°) deviations, indicating its slight advantage in clinical predictability over static guidance.

Keywords

Dental implants, computer-assisted surgery, static surgical guide, dynamic navigation, implant accuracy

Citation

Kumararama et al. Bioinformation 22(3): 1409-1415 (2026)

Edited by

Vini Mehta

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.