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MATERIALS
Volume 14, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma14082060
Keywords
dental restorative materials; intraoral scanner; CAD; CAM; digital impression; accuracy; powder spray; crown substrate
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- Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) - Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea [HI20C0127]
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This study compared the accuracy of digital and conventional impressions recorded for four different dental materials as substrates. The results showed no difference in accuracy between the two methods for non-metallic crowns, but for Co-Cr metallic crown, the traditional impression method showed better accuracy compared to intraoral scanning. The study highlights the importance of considering the restoration material when selecting an impression-taking method.
The properties of underlying substrates influence the quality of an intraoral scan, but few studies have compared the outcomes using common restorative materials. In this study, we aimed to compare the accuracy of digital and conventional impressions recorded for four different dental materials as the substrates. Experimental crowns were produced with a metallic surface (gold or cobalt-chromium alloy (Co-Cr)) or without a metallic surface (zirconia or PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate)). A conventional impression was made in the conventional group (CON group), and gypsum models were subsequently scanned with a tabletop scanner. An intraoral scanner was used to scan the crowns either after applying a powder spray to reduce the surface reflectivity (IOS-P group) or without the powder spray (IOS group). The scans were assessed in three dimensions for precision and trueness. The accuracy did not differ between the CON and IOS groups for the non-metallic crowns. However, it was statistically different for the Co-Cr metallic crown, reducing trueness observed between groups as CON > IOS > IOS-P. The study evidences the differences in outer surface accuracy observed with a change in the substrate material to be imaged using an oral scanner and with the impression method. These findings suggest that the restoration material present in the oral cavity should be considered when selecting an impression-taking method.
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