What You Need to Know When Comparing 3D Navigation Systems for Placing Dental Implants
What You Need to Know When Comparing 3D Navigation Systems for Placing Dental Implants
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At first glance, most image navigation systems for placing dental implants look quite similar.
Looks can be deceiving. Here is what you need to know:
Tracking Systems
IGI Uses Active Tracking:
The IGI-Image Guided Implantology navigation system is superior to competitive products in technology, ergonomics and performance. IGI’s proprietary camera and active LED (light emitting diode) tracking system were specifically engineered for dental implant surgeries. The LEDs on the IGI system work at the speed of light, with no observable lag or skipping, allowing one to know the current position of the drill at all times.
Other Systems Use Passive Tracking:
Passive tracking systems are typically utilized in other fields of medicine, where the requirement for accuracy is much less than in dental implant surgery.

NOTE: You can test a system’s tracking fluency by dragging the handpiece from molar to contra-lateral molar. You can also test the onscreen tracking (both mandible and maxilla) by moving the handpiece abruptly from one spot to a new spot 5 cm away while looking at the screen.
IGI Camera
IGI’s proprietary wide field-of-view camera, follows your drill on-screen without losing the image during surgery. The IGI camera is also easy to reposition.
Accuracy
IGI has been proven to have accuracy results with an “overall mean spatial navigation error of only 0.35 +- 0.14 mm”
Published documentation shows that video tracking systems have deviations in their drill locations of more than 3 millimeters; with one of these systems having an average deviation of more than 2 millimeters.
IGI Tracker

IGI has been demonstrated to be the most accurate system on the market
Pin-point accuracy
Hand piece ergonomics and ease of vision
Real-time tracking and tracking fluency
Flexible working angles
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