title: Intraoral scanning systems - a current overview.
abstract: There is no doubt today about the possibilities and potential of digital impression-taking with the aid of intraoral optical impression systems, and the past few years have seen a considerable increase in the range of optical intraoral scanners available on the market. On the strength of numerous innovations and a wider range of indications in orthodontics and implantology, intraoral scanning systems appear to be a highly promising development for the future. Digital impression-taking with intraoral scanners has already shown itself in some respects to be clearly superior to conventional impression- taking. Particularly worthy of mention is the versatile integration of digital impressions into diagnostic and treatment concepts to provide a customizable healthcare solution for the patient. It remains exciting to look forward to future developments that will allow us to observe digital impression-taking--as with other digital applications already established in everyday life--becoming firmly established in the routine of dentistry and dental technology. This article presents an overview of the benefits and limitations of digital impression-taking using intraoral scanning systems, and includes a summary of all the relevant intraoral scanners available on the market at present.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mehl
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Mörmann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reich
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D017076:Computer-Aided Design / Q000295:instrumentation; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D019992:Databases as Topic; D003748:Dental Equipment; D015921:Dental Implants; D003761:Dental Impression Technique / Q000295:instrumentation; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D061848:Optical Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation; D013674:Technology, Dental / Q000295:instrumentation; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants