This feature is designed for pilot drilling only. In certain clinical indications, the default distance between the planned implant (implant shoulder) and sleeve is not sufficient (e.g. implant needs to be placed deeper, knife edge ridge is going to be removed after implant placement, interference of sleeve with neighboring teeth, etc.). In these indications, the sleeve, at default position, collides with the surface model of the dental cast and a warning is triggered for pilot sleeves. In order to create a surgical template without sleeve collisions and to keep the implant at the planned clinical position, the sleeve can be moved upwards. The default relation of guided sleeves and planned implant is reflected in the depth marks of all NobelGuide guided drills for all drill protocols. The additional distance is called ‘sleeve offset’ and is automatically recorded and added to the NobelGuide Surgical Instructions page which is shipped with the surgical template.
Note
This is only possible when working with pilot drilling surgery types.
1. Select an implant.
2. Make sure the surgery type for the selected implant is pilot drilling.
3. Click Sleeve Offset which is located in the Sleeve group on the dedicated Implant tab.
Tip
The sleeve offset may also be set using the Sleeve Offset action in the right-click menu.
4. Do one of the following:
— Drag the slider to reposition the sleeve height. 0.1 mm increments are used.
— Enter the offset height directly in the slider box.