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ReviewClinical and experimental dental research2025

Computer-Assisted Implant Surgery: Patients' Experience and Perspectives.

Xin Hui Yeo, Lin Jing Uei, Man Yi, Kajorn Kungsadalpipob, Keskanya Subbalehka, Bilal Al-Nawas, Nikos Mattheos

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Review in Clinical and experimental dental research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Xin Hui YeoDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Lin Jing UeiDepartment of Stomotology, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan.
Man YiState Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7546-3486
Kajorn KungsadalpipobDepartment of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Keskanya SubbalehkaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-1570-2289
Bilal Al-NawasDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Nikos MattheosDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0001-7358-7496

Funding

The authors received no specific funding for this work.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesAlthough computer-assisted implant surgery (CAIS) has increased significantly the precision of dental implant placement, documentation of the impact of such technologies in the patient-reported experience and outcomes remains, however, limited. The aim of this white paper was to assess the impact of CAIS on key aspects of the patient experience, such as its potential benefits on (1) patients' understanding and engagement with implant surgery, (2) patient's confidence with treatment outcomes, (3) patients' preferences, (4) intra- and (5) Postoperative experience and (6) long-term patient-reported outcomes and oral health-related quality of life. MATERIAL AND

methodsA review of the literature compiled existing evidence from clinical studies up to November 2024, which was later discussed and synthesized with expert opinions and the best currently documented experience and practice.

resultsNo evidence was found that CAIS improves patient engagement or confidence with treatment outcomes, while comparative studies showed no difference in the intra- and postoperative experience when CAIS is used. Impact of the cost of CAIS procedures on patients perceptions and preferences has also not been explored, with the majority of studies significantly subsidizing patient costs, in particular randomized trials. At the same time, studies that compare interventions cannot assess the overall benefits of a complex workflow such as immediacy or minimally invasive approaches, to which CAIS is an essential part.

conclusionsResearch on patient outcomes with CAIS might not fully reflect the potential of these technologies when limited to the level of the surgical intervention. Major anticipated benefits of CAIS for the patient such as the potential to reduce complexity and facilitate faster, safer and more predictable execution of digitally designed treatments, could be better approached in the future by studies aimed at assessing patient-reported outcomes from entire treatment workflows.

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Dental Implantation, EndosseousDental ImplantsSurgery, Computer-AssistedHumansPatient PreferencePatient Reported Outcome MeasuresPatient SatisfactionQuality of LifeTreatment OutcomeDental ImplantsCAISdental implantsguided surgerypatient‐reported outcomesPREMPROM

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