A Novel Method for Intraoral Access to the Superior Head of the Human Lateral Pterygoid Muscle
Figure 3
After the segmentation of the superior LPM (green), osseous tissues, and teeth, a 3D virtual model of the permanent guide (orange) was designed and imported into the image processing software Magics STL 17.0. The region close to the junction between the middle part and the posterior two-thirds of the upper LPM was chosen to be the target area (a) and the 3D model of the definitive guide was adjusted to perfectly fit the dental arches of our subject.
