title: Examination of the Position Accuracy of Implant Abutments Reproduced by Intra-Oral Optical Impression.
abstract: An impression technique called optical impression using intraoral scanner has attracted attention in digital dentistry. This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of the optical impression, comparing a virtual model reproduced by an intraoral scanner to a working cast made by conventional silicone impression technique. Two implants were placed on a master model. Working casts made of plaster were fabricated from the master model by silicone impression. The distance between the ball abutments and the angulation between the healing abutments of 5 mm and 7 mm height at master model were measured using Computer Numerical Control Coordinate Measuring Machine (CNCCMM) as control. Working casts were then measured using CNCCMM, and virtual models via stereo lithography data of master model were measured by a three-dimensional analyzing software. The distance between ball abutments of the master model was 9634.9 ± 1.2 μm. The mean values of trueness of the Lava COS and working casts were 64.5 μm and 22.5 μm, respectively, greater than that of control. The mean of precision values of the Lava COS and working casts were 15.6 μm and 13.5 μm, respectively. In the case of a 5-mm-height healing abutment, mean angulation error of the Lava COS was greater than that of the working cast, resulting in significant differences in trueness and precision. However, in the case of a 7-mm-height abutment, mean angulation errors of the Lava COS and the working cast were not significantly different in trueness and precision. Therefore, distance errors of the optical impression were slightly greater than those of conventional impression. Moreover, the trueness and precision of angulation error could be improved in the optical impression using longer healing abutments. In the near future, the development of information technology could enable improvement in the accuracy of the optical impression with intraoral scanners.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics and Oral Implantology, School of Dentistry, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan.
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ajioka
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics and Oral Implantology, School of Dentistry, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan.
authors.forename: Hidemichi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kihara
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics and Oral Implantology, School of Dentistry, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan.
authors.forename: Chikayuki
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Odaira
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics and Oral Implantology, School of Dentistry, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan.
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics and Oral Implantology, School of Dentistry, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisatomo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kondo
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D000044:Dental Abutments; D015921:Dental Implants; D003761:Dental Impression Technique / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants