Accuracy of photogrammetry, intraoral scanning, and conventional impression techniques for complete-arch implant rehabilitation: an in vitro comparative study

BMC Oral Health

Xinxin Yue¹  Wei Geng¹  Yujie Sun¹  Bowen Ma¹  Lingyan Peng² 

[1] Department of Dental Implant Center, Beijing Stomatological Hospital, School of Stomatology, Capital Medical University, No. 4 Tian Tan Xi Li, Dongcheng District, 100050, Beijing, People’s Republic of China;Department of Prosthodontics, Beijing Citident Stomatology Hospital, No. 109 North Xidan Street, Xicheng District, 100032, Beijing, People’s Republic of China;

关键词: Dental impression technique;    Dental implants;    Edentulous;    Photogrammetry;    Intraoral scanning;    Conventional impression;    Accuracy;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12903-021-02005-0

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundTo compare the accuracy of photogrammetry, intraoral scanning and conventional impression techniques for complete-arch implant rehabilitation.MethodsA master cast containing 6 implant abutment replicas was fabricated. Group PG: digital impressions were taken 10 times using a photogrammetry system; Group IOS: intraoral scanning was performed to fabricate 10 digital impressions; Group CNV: splinted open-tray impression technique was used to fabricate 10 definitive casts. The master cast and conventional definitive casts were digitized with a laboratory reference scanner. For all STL files obtained, scan bodies were converted to implant abutment replicas using a digital library. The accuracy of a digitizer was defined by 2 main parameters, trueness and precision. "Trueness" was used to describe the deviation between test files and reference file, and "precision" was used to describe the closeness between test files. Then, the trueness and precision of three impression techniques were evaluated and statistically compared (α = 0.05).ResultsThe median trueness was 24.45, 43.45 and 28.70 μm for group PG, IOS and CNV; Group PG gave more accurate trueness than group IOS (P < 0.001) and group CNV (P = 0.033), group CNV showed more accurate trueness than group IOS (P = 0.033). The median precision was 2.00, 36.00 and 29.40 μm for group PG, IOS and CNV; Group PG gave more accurate precision than group IOS (P < 0.001) and group CNV (P < 0.001), group CNV showed more accurate precision than IOS (P = 0.002).ConclusionsFor complete-arch implant rehabilitation, the photogrammetry system showed the best accuracy of all the impression techniques evaluated, followed by the conventional impression technique, and the intraoral scanner provided the least accuracy.

【 授权许可】

CC BY