OBJECTIVES: Precise implant-supported prosthodontics requires accurate impressions. Many in vitro studies comparing different implant impression techniques were performed. The purpose of this in vivo study was to compare the discrepancy of two different impression techniques of implants clinically. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Four implants were inserted nearly bilateral in ten edentulous jaws. From each jaw, two different impressions (A, transfer; B, splinted pick-up) were taken. Respectively two stone casts of each jaw were produced and scan bodies were mounted on the lab analogues to digitize the casts. One scan body of the digitized casts was each superimposed and the deviations of the remaining three scan bodies were measured three dimensionally. The fit of the suprareconstructions was evaluated clinically on both casts and in the mouth. RESULTS: The mean discrepancy of scan body 2 was 192 μm (±96), 282 μm (±97) for scan body 3, and 366 μm (±114) for scan body 4. The discrepancies between two scan bodies were statistically significant (p ≤ 0.010; ANOVA test). Comparing the data with the span between the scan bodies, a linear regression line could be drawn to show the dependency between the misfit and the length of the span. Clinically, the fit on the cast produced by the splinted pick-up technique was favorable. CONCLUSIONS: The discrepancy between the splinted pick-up impression technique and the transfer technique were in a range with clinical influence. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: For better accuracy of implant-supported prosthodontics, the splinted pick-up technique should be used for impressions of four implants evenly spread in edentulous jaws.
OBJECTIVES: Precise implant-supported prosthodontics requires accurate impressions. Many in vitro studies comparing different implant impression techniques were performed. The purpose of this in vivo study was to compare the discrepancy of two different impression techniques of implants clinically. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Four implants were inserted nearly bilateral in ten edentulous jaws. From each jaw, two different impressions (A, transfer; B, splinted pick-up) were taken. Respectively two stone casts of each jaw were produced and scan bodies were mounted on the lab analogues to digitize the casts. One scan body of the digitized casts was each superimposed and the deviations of the remaining three scan bodies were measured three dimensionally. The fit of the suprareconstructions was evaluated clinically on both casts and in the mouth. RESULTS: The mean discrepancy of scan body 2 was 192 μm (±96), 282 μm (±97) for scan body 3, and 366 μm (±114) for scan body 4. The discrepancies between two scan bodies were statistically significant (p ≤ 0.010; ANOVA test). Comparing the data with the span between the scan bodies, a linear regression line could be drawn to show the dependency between the misfit and the length of the span. Clinically, the fit on the cast produced by the splinted pick-up technique was favorable. CONCLUSIONS: The discrepancy between the splinted pick-up impression technique and the transfer technique were in a range with clinical influence. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: For better accuracy of implant-supported prosthodontics, the splinted pick-up technique should be used for impressions of four implants evenly spread in edentulous jaws.
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