Improved accuracy of digital implant impressions with newly designed scan bodies: an in vivo evaluation in beagle dogs
Dental Implants
Dental Impression Technique
Dental implant
Research
Scan body
Digital impression
RK1-715
Models, Dental
Edentulous
03 medical and health sciences
Dogs
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
0302 clinical medicine
Dentistry
Animals
Computer-Aided Design
Accuracy
DOI:
10.1186/s12903-021-01986-2
Publication Date:
2021-12-07T11:02:33Z
AUTHORS (6)
ABSTRACT
Abstract
Background
The accuracy of digital impressions for fully edentulous cases is currently insufficient for routinely clinical application. To overcome the challenge, a modified scan body was introduced, which demonstrated satisfactory accuracy in vitro. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of digital impressions using the modified scan bodies with extensional structure versus scan bodies without extensional structure in mandible with two implants in beagle dogs.
Methods
The unilateral mandibular second premolar to second molar were extracted in four beagle dogs. Twelve weeks later, two implants were placed. Five repeated digital impressions were performed with an intraoral scanner on each dog using each of the two different scan bodies: Group I—scan body without extensional structure (SB); Group II—scan body with extensional structure (SBE). The scans were exported to Standard Tessellation Language (STL) files to serve as test data. The dogs were sacrificed and the dissected mandibles were digitalized with a lab scanner to provide reference data. Linear and angular deviations were calculated in an inspection software for accuracy assessment. Statistical analysis was performed with two-way ANOVA. The level of significance was set at α = 0.05.
Results
For trueness assessment, the mean of absolute linear/angular deviations were 119.53 μm/0.75 degrees in Group I and 68.89 μm/0.36 degrees in Group II. SBE was more accurate than SB regarding both linear (p = 0.008) and angular (p = 0.049) deviations. For precision assessment, the mean of absolute linear/angular deviations were 63.01 μm/0.47 degrees in Group I and 38.38 μm/0.24 degrees in Group II. No significant difference was found.
Conclusions
The application of SBE significantly improved the trueness of digital impressions in mandible with two implants compared to SB. No significant difference was found in terms of precision.
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