A multicenter survey on computer‐aided design and computer‐aided manufacturing mandibular reconstruction from Italian community

Computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology has revolutionized mandibular reconstructive surgery. The possibilities of planning margins of bone resection, flap segmentation, and plate design allow highly precise reconstructions with great improve- ment of functional and esthetic results (Rana et al., 2012). Despite some initial concerns limiting the application of these systems, daily practice and several reports in the literature have resolved many of these issues (Wilde, Cornelius, & Schramm, 2014). In particular, the accuracy of plan- ning transfer from virtual planning into the operating room, precision of reconstructive plates, and reliability of cutting guides have been largely documented in the international literature (Tarsitano, Ciocca, Scotti, & Marchetti, 2016; Wilde et al., 2015). Cost is the greatest factor limiting the adoption of such technologies, but recent studies have suggested that sparing of surgical time and increasingly accurate results minimize this problem, and several reports indicate that the costs are comparable to those of freehand procedures (Bolzoni et al., 2019).