@2thm8kr were you talking about a full reduction guide stpXstp, or just exporting an STL from Exoplan Dicom?
I believe doing a reduction guide, then a surgical from that result would be more difficult. You would need another Dicom of the now reduced bone. The only way I can imagine to do both simultaneously would be to know how much you can/would reduce, place the implant at the appropriate new level (hoping the doctor follows the guide to a T) then export the STL after surgical guide creation.
The problem : is that you would have to export the Dicom into CAD, reduce the jaw, then bring the result into Exoplan to set the implant in place. Use that to create the surgical guide (once again hoping the doc reduces exactly) Otherwise the implant wouldn't be perfectly lined up.
If you used a non-engaging to create the temp hybrid it could be less of a problem if it's not torqued 100%, the height difference if extreme could cause an easier break on the hybrid because of jaw forces, but for a pickup that might work.
My recommendation would be to export the jaw from Dicom, create the reduction guide, and have the doc do another CT after reduction. There's just too many things that could go wrong hoping the doc will reduce exactly. Otherwise You could do the reduction and surgical guide at the same time, and have them take an impression of the *actual* resulting implant position.
- Josh