Journal article

Publication year: 2016

Pages: 85-94

Journal: Journal of Applied Oral Science

Volume number: 24

Issue number: 1

ISSN: 1678-7757

eISSN: 1678-7765

Open access status: Gold

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-775720150266

Publisher: University of São Paulo

Abstract: 
The computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) process chain for dental restorations starts with taking an impression of the clinical situation. For this purpose, either extraoral digitization of gypsum models or intraoral digitization can be used. Despite the increasing use of dental digitizing systems, there are only few studies on their accuracy. Objective: This study compared the accuracy of various intraoral and extraoral digitizing systems for dental CAD/CAM technology. Material and Methods: An experimental setup for three-dimensional analysis based on 2 prepared ceramic master dies and their corresponding virtual CAD-models was used to assess the accuracy of 10 extraoral and 4 intraoral optical non-contact dental digitizing systems. Depending on the clinical procedure, 10 optical measurements of either 10 duplicate gypsum dies (extraoral digitizing) or directly of the ceramic master dies (intraoral digitizing) were made and compared with the corresponding CAD-models. Results: The digitizing systems showed differences in accuracy. However, all topical systems were well within the benchmark of 20 pm. These results apply to single tooth measurements. Conclusions: Study results are limited, since only single teeth were used for comparison. The different preparations represent various angles and steep and parallel opposing tooth surfaces (incisors). For most digitizing systems, the latter are generally the most difficult to capture. Using CAD/CAM technologies, the preparation angles should not be too steep to reduce digitizing errors. Older systems might be limited to a certain height or taper of the prepared tooth, whereas newer systems (extraoral as well as intraoral digitization) do not have these limitations.

Harvard Citation style: Rudolph, H., Salmen, H., Moldan, M., Kuhn, K., Sichwardt, V., Woestmann, B., et al. (2016) Accuracy of intraoral and extraoral digital data acquisition for dental restorations, Journal of Applied Oral Science, 24(1), pp. 85-94. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-775720150266

APA Citation style: Rudolph, H., Salmen, H., Moldan, M., Kuhn, K., Sichwardt, V., Woestmann, B., & Luthardt, R. (2016). Accuracy of intraoral and extraoral digital data acquisition for dental restorations. Journal of Applied Oral Science. 24(1), 85-94. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-775720150266