Augmented Reality in Oral Surgery

Augmented Reality-assisted Surgical Exposure of an Impacted Tooth

A digital workflow was used to assist the oral surgeon in pre-orthodontic exposure of a vestibular impacted canine using Augmented Reality.

Through software for the Object Recognition and Tracking, the researchers expand reality with cone beam computer tomography digital contents to optimize the outcome of surgery. The real-time video frames of the operating field aligned with the three-dimension file of the impacted tooth, were used as a guide to evaluate the surgical access to perform a minimally invasive flap and osteotomy.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Impacted Tooth
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Surgical exposure of impacted tooth

Detailed Description

This study evaluate an AR-assisted approach for surgical exposure of a maxillary impacted canine. The usual protocol is the following:

• Maxillary arches were scanned, and their occlusal relationship was registered using an optical intraoral scanner.The file was exported in Polygon File Format (PLY)
• Using open-source CAD software, the part of the upper arch was selected from the first premolar to the other first premolars The teeth, the incisal edges and the cusps of the anterior sector were the anatomical markers required to match the patient's mouth and perform the object recognition.To this file that corresponded faithfully to reality we added the digital information required, that is, the position of the impacted crown of the canine
• From the maxillary CBCT, DICOM files were imported in open-source medical software for segmentation and exportation of an STL file of the area of interest
• Two 3D files obtained were imported into a CAD-CAM design software for superimposition. 3D file consisting of the intraoral scan plus the endosseous position of the crown of the impacted canine was exported
• A full HD video camera was positioned in front of the patient's mouth, connected via an HDMI cable to a laptop
• The AR software was then started, and the video camera was associated as an input source The software recognizes edges of files in images transmitted from the camera and overlap the object to the video images.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Italy
  • Bari
    • Mola di Bari, Bari, Italy, 70042
      • Giuseppe D'Albis

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 15 years to 75 years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients with impactet tooth. In growing age or not.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Presence of an impacted tooth in aesthetic area
• Good health according to the System of the American Society of Anesthesiology
• No general medical contraindication for oral surgery
• Good periodontal health

Exclusion Criteria:

• Smoking more than 15 cigarettes a day • Untreated periodontitis
• Pregnancy
• Acute infections

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort

Intervention / Treatment

Patients with impacted tooth

Procedure: Surgical exposure of impacted tooth; The therapeutic approach of surgical exposure of impacted teeth is performed by preparing a flap and removing the cortical bone around the crown of the teeth. This procedure provides optimal conditions for the orthodontist. In fact, surgical exposure allows the orthodontist to bond the impacted tooth in the correct position depending on the intended direction to apply the correct traction forces for alignment.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Evaluation in mm of the superimposition between 3d model and patient anatomicals structures.	Evaluation of a software that uses algorithms to recognize and track 3D files in a real-time frame to visualize the endosseous position of the crown of an impacted tooth in order to plan the surgical exposure in a precise and minimally invasive manner. Evaluation through the software the distance in millimeters between the superimposition of the 3d model ed the patient's structures.	1 month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: D'Albis Dental

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): August 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 6, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 8, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): September 13, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 13, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 8, 2022
• Last Verified: June 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Computer assisted surgery; Augmented reality; Oral Surgery; Computer guided surgery
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Stomatognathic Diseases; Tooth Diseases; Tooth, Impacted
• Other Study ID Numbers: AR in Dentistry

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No