@article{Wei2023, 
author = {Xi Wei and Yu Du and Xuedong Zhou and Lin Yue and Qing Yu and Benxiang Hou and Zhi Chen and Jingping Liang and Wenxia Chen and Lihong Qiu and Xiangya Huang and Liuyan Meng and Dingming Huang and Xiaoyan Wang and Yu Tian and Zisheng Tang and Qi Zhang and Leiying Miao and Jin Zhao and Deqin Yang and Jian Yang and Junqi Ling},
title = {Expert consensus on digital guided therapy for endodontic diseases},
year = {2023},
journal = {International Journal of Oral Science},
volume = {15},
pages = {54},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1038/s41368-023-00261-0},
doi = {10.1038/s41368-023-00261-0},
abstract = {Digital guided therapy (DGT) has been advocated as a contemporary computer-aided technique for treating endodontic diseases in recent decades. The concept of DGT for endodontic diseases is categorized into static guided endodontics (SGE), necessitating a meticulously designed template, and dynamic guided endodontics (DGE), which utilizes an optical triangulation tracking system. Based on cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images superimposed with or without oral scan (OS) data, a virtual template is crafted through software and subsequently translated into a 3-dimensional (3D) printing for SGE, while the system guides the drilling path with a real-time navigation in DGE. DGT was reported to resolve a series of challenging endodontic cases, including teeth with pulp obliteration, teeth with anatomical abnormalities, teeth requiring retreatment, posterior teeth needing endodontic microsurgery, and tooth autotransplantation. Case reports and basic researches all demonstrate that DGT stand as a precise, time-saving, and minimally invasive approach in contrast to conventional freehand method. This expert consensus mainly introduces the case selection, general workflow, evaluation, and impact factor of DGT, which could provide an alternative working strategy in endodontic treatment.}
}