A Custom-Made Surgical Guide for Accurate Enucleation of Nasopalatine Duct Cysts: A Technical Note and Case Report

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The design of surgical guide for nasopalatine cyst removal. (a) The tooth-supported one-piece surgical guide includes (1) the circle structure (blue arrow), (2) the stopper (green arrows), and (3) the nasal side of the indicator (red arrow). (b) The circle structure in the plate part indicates the maximal cyst size when observed from the occlusal plane. The indicator can slide and show the direction toward the bottom of the cyst. (c) The clear-colored surgical guide printed by the 3D printer was checked for insertion into the bone model of the maxilla (brown).

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