Effect of Different Software Programs on the Accuracy of Dental Scanner Using Three-Dimensional Analysis

Keunbada Son, Wan-Sun Lee and Kyu-Bok Lee
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Keunbada Son: Department of Dental Science, Graduate School, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41940, Korea
Wan-Sun Lee: Department of Dental Technology, Busan Institute of Science and Technology, 88 Srang-ro, 132 Beon-gil, Buk-gu, Busan 616-737, Korea
Kyu-Bok Lee: Advanced Dental Device Development Institute (A3DI), Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41940, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 16, 1-13

Abstract: This in vitro study aimed to evaluate the 3D analysis for complete arch, half arch, and tooth preparation region by using four analysis software programs. The CAD reference model (CRM; N = 1 per region) and CAD test models (CTMs; N = 20 per software) of complete arch, half arch, and tooth preparation were obtained by using scanners. For both CRM and CTMs, mesh data other than the same area were deleted. For 3D analysis, four analysis software programs (Geomagic control X, GOM Inspect, Cloudcompare, and Materialise 3-matic) were used in the alignment of CRM and CTMs as well as in the 3D comparison. Root mean square (RMS) was regarded as the result of the 3D comparison. One-way analysis of variance and Tukey honestly significant difference tests were performed for statistical comparison of four analysis software programs (? = 0.05). In half-arch and tooth preparation region, the four analysis software programs showed a significant difference in RMS values ( p < 0.001), but in complete-arch region, no significant difference was found among the four software programs ( p = 0.139). As the area of the virtual cast for 3D analysis becomes smaller, variable results are obtained depending on the software program used, and the difference in results among software programs are not considered in the 3D analysis for complete-arch region.

Keywords: 3D analysis; 3D comparison; alignment; 3D dental scanner; accuracy; dentistry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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