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Table 1 Accuracy of two oral splints for guided surgery in different regions of the head

From: How precise are oral splints for frameless stereotaxy in guided ear, nose, throat, and maxillofacial surgery: a cadaver study

Region/ splint

MaxS (Mean ± SD)

VestS (Mean ± SD)

Viscerocranium

0.90 ± 0.27 mm

0.90 ± 0.53 mm

Skull base

1.10 ± 0.39 mm

1.20 ± 0.37 mm

Neurocranium

1.45 ± 0.59 mm

1.70 ± 0.76 mm

  1. Accuracy of maxillary (MaxS) and vestibular splints (VestS) for the region: viscerocranium, skull base, and neurocranium in mm (mean ± standard deviation (SD)).
  2. MaxS: chairside fabricated Maxillary splint, fixed on dentate maxilla
  3. VestS: chairside fabricated Vestibular splint (pacifier), fixed as intermaxillary pacifier
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