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Abstract

Background: Over the past 20 years, there have been many innovations in orthodontic diagnosis and therapy. Among the innovations, there is the taking of dental impressions (DIs). Dental impressions are the negative imprint of hard and soft tissues of one or both arches, and they allow a plaster model to be formed, i.e., a positive reproduction. Traditional dental impressions can be made of different materials, such as alginate, while digital impression is captured by an intra-oral scanner. Digital impression, despite the evident advantages, has not yet replaced the conventional impression. The aim of this study is to evaluate which dental impressions are the most used by dentists. For this purpose, we considered 120 questionnaires sent electronically to patients of different dental private practices from different countries, where the dentists can use both techniques. The results highlighted that the kind of impression adopted is very much influenced by the type of therapy and orthodontic devices used in the treatment. We can conclude that, despite the advent of digital technology, conventional impressions are still used for fixed devices, while digital impressions are more adopted for orthodontic customized devices and therapies with clear aligners, that are very widespread among adult patients.

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Title
The Potential of Digital Impression in Orthodontics
Author
Saccomanno, Sabina 1 ; Saran, Stefano 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Vanella, Valeria 3 ; Mastrapasqua, Rodolfo Francesco 4 ; Raffaelli, Luca 3 ; Levrini, Luca 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department of Health, Life and Environmental Science, University of L’Aquila, Piazza Salvatore Tommasi, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy 
 Department of Human Sciences, Innovation and Territory, School of Dentistry, Postgraduate of Orthodontics, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy 
 Dental School, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, 00168 Rome, Italy 
 ENT Department, Rivoli Hospital, ASL TORINO 3, 10098 Torino, Italy 
First page
147
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
23046767
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2706177158
Copyright
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.