Sponsored Content Slideshow: Key considerations with digitial oral scanning

Dental impressions remain a critical step in restorative dentistry. Some of the advantages to optical impressions include the eliminations of pouring/storing plaster models, reduces patient discomfort, saves time during the impression process, simplifies the impression procedure1. In this sponsored Carestream slideshow, David A. Little, DDS, a practitioner, adjunct professor and consultant based in San Antonio, Texas guides you through implant placement using digital intraoral scanning.

¹Mangano F. Gandolfi A, Luongo G, Ogozzo S. Intraoral scanner in dentistry: A review of the current literature. BMC Oral Health. 2017; 17(1):149.

This figure depicts a virtual wax-up for an edentulous implant-supported prosthesis. Understanding traditional approaches restorative dentistry is the first best step to transitioning to new technologies.

These photos let you compare a 2-dimensional versus 3-dimensional view of the same patient. The 2-dimensional image shows up to 30% distortion, while a cone-beam computed tomographic scan has zero distortion of hard tissue.

These three images offer a virtual plan for implant placement using cone-beam computed tomography. Photo B is of an intraoral standard triangle language file, and Photo C is an image of the planning software.

This series of slides offer a view of the virtual planning for a single tooth implant. Photo B: virtual wax-up. Photo C: Measurements for the location of anatomic structure. D: The surgical guide was fabricated from the digital intraoral scan obtained from the patient.

This radiograph is shown with reverse contrast. B: A photo of the scan body in place intraorally. C: The digital intraoral scan with the scan body in place is sent (electronically) to the dental laboratory.

This two photos show the intraoral scans with the healing abutment in place (A), and with the implant scan body in place to provide information for the position of the implant (B).

After the tooth is prepared and digitally scanned, the opposing dentition and a bite registration are obtained with a digital intraoral scanner. The dental laboratory will then use the digital impression (E) to print the model (F) and mill the crown.

For more information, download the free Carestream-sponsored ebook Integrating Digital Intraoral Scanning into General Practice.