Digital impressions were introduced in order to overcome some inconveniences related to
conventional impression materials.The aim of this in vitro study is to determine and evaluate the way
the abutment geometry influences the accuracy of both, digital and conventional impressions. Crown
preparations with occlusal convergence angles (0,6,10 and 20 degrees) were created from 4 resin
maxillary right incisors.Each preparation was scanned using a high resolution scanner (reference
scanner) and saved in stereolithography (STL) format. Then the prepared resin teeth were scanned
(PlanScan group) using an intraoral scanner and saved in STL format as well.A number of three
conventional polyvinyl siloxane (PVS) impressions were made from each preparation, which were
poured with Type IV dental stone and scanned using the same intraoral scanner (PVS group). All
STL files were compared using metrology software (Geomagic Studio 2013), in terms of trueness
and precision. Based on the findings in this study, it may be concluded that the accuracy of digital
impressions is superior to conventional methods, but the difference between them is not significant.
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