Reverse scan body: A complete digital workflow for prosthesis prototype fabrication.

Panos Papaspyridakos, Armand Bedrossian, Yukio Kudara, Panagiotis Ntovas, Abdullah Bokhary, Konstantinos Chochlidakis

Journal of prosthodontics : official journal of the American College of Prosthodontists 2023 Jun

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To assess the accuracy of fit of prosthesis prototypes fabricated via a complete digital workflow protocol with a reverse scan body skipping intraoral scanning for implant data acquisition. A maxillary stone cast with four multiunit abutment implant analogs (Screw-Retained Abutments, Institut Straumann AG, Basel, Switzerland) with adequate anteroposterior spread simulated a common clinical patient situation. This stone cast served as the master cast and an interim screw-retained prosthesis was fabricated on it. Novel reverse scan bodies were connected to the interim prosthesis, and extraoral scanning was performed with a white light intraoral scanner. The produced standard tessellation language (STL) files were then imported to computer-assisted design software and after the digital design, the STL file was exported to a computer-assisted machining milling machine and a three-dimensional (3D) printer to produce a total of 50 milled and 50 printed fixed complete denture prototypes, respectively. Two clinicians assessed the accuracy of fit of each digitally fabricated prosthesis prototype on the master cast, utilizing the screw-resistance test and radiographic evaluation. Out of the 100 prototypes, 94% (94/100) were fitting accurately. Fisher's exact test was used to test the difference among the groups. The test revealed statistically significant results (p = 0.027). Out of the 50 digitally fabricated milled prosthesis prototypes, 50 (100%) presented with accurate fit under in vitro assessment. Out of the 50 digitally fabricated 3D printed prototypes, 44 (88%) presented with accurate fit under in vitro assessment. Accurately fitting digitally fabricated prosthesis prototypes can be milled after extraoral scanning with reverse scan bodies without intraoral implant data acquisition. © 2023 by the American College of Prosthodontists.

Citation

Panos Papaspyridakos, Armand Bedrossian, Yukio Kudara, Panagiotis Ntovas, Abdullah Bokhary, Konstantinos Chochlidakis. Reverse scan body: A complete digital workflow for prosthesis prototype fabrication. Journal of prosthodontics : official journal of the American College of Prosthodontists. 2023 Jun;32(5):452-457