The CT Byte eliminates the need for radiographic templates in implant planning and removes scatter from CT images. Put adhesive on the top and bottom of the CT Byte's biting surface and inject regular bodied impression material onto the adhesive. (Blu-Mousse contains radiopaque fillers and therefore should not be used) Next, place the CT Byte in the patient's mouth much like a face-bow bite fork. After the impression material sets and

 

 

before the patient opens, make the CT scan. Note that the CT Byte has three small radiopaque markers on the curved element in front of the face. These must show up in the scan along with the upper and lower jaws. If the patient is going to a medical center or to a place that has never used the device, be sure to practice with the patient putting the device in the mouth so that the teeth are in the indentations made in the impression material.