Trueness of digital intraoral impression in reproducing multiple implant position

PLoS One. 2019 Nov 19;14(11):e0222070. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222070. eCollection 2019.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the trueness of 5 intraoral scanners (IOSs) for digital impression of simulated implant scan bodies in a partially edentulous model. A 3D printed partially edentulous mandible model made of Co-Cr with a total of 6 bilaterally positioned cylinders in the canine, second premolar, and second molar area served as the study model. Digital scans of the model were made with a reference scanner (steroSCAN neo) and 5 IOSs (CEREC Omnicam, CS3600, i500, iTero Element, and TRIOS 3) (n = 10). For each IOS's dataset, the XYZ coordinates of the cylinders were obtained from the reference point and the deviations from the reference scanner were calculated using a 3D reverse engineering program (Rapidform). The trueness values were analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney post hoc test. Direction and amount of deviation differed among cylinder position and among IOSs. Regardless of the IOS type, the cylinders positioned on the left second molar, nearest to the scanning start point, showed the smallest deviation. The deviation generally increased further away from scanning start point towards the right second molar. TRIOS 3 and i500 outperformed the other IOSs for partially edentulous digital impression. The accuracy of the CEREC Omnicam, CS3600, and iTero Element were similar on the left side, but they showed more deviations on the right side of the arch when compared to the other IOSs. The accuracy of IOS is still an area that needs to be improved.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bicuspid
  • Cuspid
  • Dental Arch / diagnostic imaging
  • Dental Implants*
  • Dental Impression Technique*
  • Diagnostic Imaging* / methods
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Models, Dental
  • Molar
  • Mouth, Edentulous / diagnostic imaging
  • Mouth, Edentulous / therapy

Substances

  • Dental Implants

Associated data

  • figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.9641996

Grants and funding

This work received a grant of the Korea Health Technology R&D Project from Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) (https://www.khidi.or.kr/eps), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare (HI18C0435) to JMP. The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.