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I industry _Timo Krause: Navident promises a completely new approach of image-guided implant navigation. Whatwastheinitialideaforthedevelopment? TomTilmans:TheinclusionoftheCBCTscanaspart of the standard of care for dental implant planning and placement has been of great benefit to the sur- geon, the restorative dentist and of course to the pa- tients. A logical next step would seem to be dynamic surgicalnavigationutilisingthatCBCTscanasamap. Dynamic navigation combines the advantages of performing highly accurate and minimally invasive surgery with the flexibility to make changes to the digital plan at any time during that surgery. Inde- pendent of any implant specific surgical kit, dynamic navigation offers the promise of a simple workflow, easily adapted to the freehand surgical techniques currently employed. Dynamic navigations systems have been success- fully tested since the early 2000s, and proven to pro- videthesebenefitsinnumerouspapers.Theyhavenot gained widespread use, however, mainly due to their high purchase price and to usage difficulties caused by their immature design. Navident is different. It is affordable, practical and robust. _WhataretheadvantagesofusingNavident? Using the CBCT image as a map, Navident guides surgeonsjustlikeaGPSguidesdrivers.Thedentalsur- geon plans where implants should be placed. Navi- dent, dynamically tracking the drill and the patient's jaw, provides guidance and visual feedback to ensure the implants are placed according to plan. This pro- vides a range of benefits: – Reduces errors. With Navident, implants are typi- callyplaced3timesmoreaccuratelythanfreehand. – Enables flapless drilling, which reduces chair-time, patient trauma, pain, and recovery time. – Increasessurgeon’sconfidenceandmaximisesflex- ibility. – The plan can be modified at any time, even during operation. – Thedeviceattractspatientsbyprovidingaclearand visible competitive advantage. ClaroNav introduces new device for navigated surgery Author_Timo Krause, Germany 30 I implants2_2015 ClaroNav is dedicated to the development of surgi- calnavigationsolutions.AtcurrentIDS,ClaroNavin- troduced its new device Navident, which is an af- fordable and practical dynamic navigator for dental surgeons.TimoKrausespoketoTomTilmans,Direc- tor of Sales & Marketing EMEA, about the new de- velopments.