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Fit of 4-unit FDPs from CoCr and zirconia after conventional and digital impressions

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Objectives

To evaluate the marginal and internal fit of CAD/CAM-generated frameworks for 4-unit, fixed dental prostheses (FDPs) from zirconia (Z) and cobalt-chromium alloy (C) made with conventional (CI) and digital impressions (DI).

Materials and methods

A titanium model was digitized with an intraoral scanner (DI, LAVA™ C.O.S.; 3M ESPE; Seefeld, Germany; n = 12). Additionally, 12 conventional impressions were taken, and referring plaster casts were digitized by a laboratory-scanner (CI, LAVA™ Scan ST; 3M ESPE; n = 12). Frameworks were fabricated (3M ESPE) from cobalt-chromium (DI-C, n = 12; CI-C, n = 12) and zirconia (DI-Z, n = 12; CI-Z, n = 12) from the same datasets. A replica technique was applied to measure the accuracy. The Mann–Whitney U statistical test was applied to detect statistical differences between each material and methodology groups in terms of fit.

Results

Frameworks from DI-C (median 19.07 μm) showed significantly better marginal fit than CI-C (median 64.64 μm, p < 0.001). Frameworks from DI-Z (median 52.50 μm) showed significantly better marginal fit than CI-Z (median 72.94 μm, p = 0.001). Additionally, frameworks from DI-C showed a significantly better marginal fit than DI-Z (p < 0.001).

Conclusions

CI and DI led to a clinically acceptable marginal fit of 4-unit FDPs from cobalt-chromium and zirconia. DI leads to better marginal fit of the cobalt-chromium frameworks; however, no effect on zirconia was found.

Clinical relevance

The results indicate that DI is suitable for fabricating 4-unit, cobalt-chromium and zirconia frameworks with regard to fit requirements.

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  1. Comprehensive Dental Care, Oral Implant Center, Niigata Hospital, The Nippon Dental University, 1-8, Hamaura-cho, Chuo-ku, Niigata, 951-8580, Japan

    Kazuhiko Ueda

  2. Department of Prosthodontics, Charité UniversityMedicine Berlin, Assmanshauser Str. 4-6, 14197, Berlin, Germany

    Florian Beuer

  3. Department of Prosthodontics, Dental School of the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Goethestrasse 70, 80336, München, Germany

    Kazuhiko Ueda, Michael Stimmelmayr, Kurt Erdelt, Christine Keul & Jan-Frederik Güth

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Ueda, K., Beuer, F., Stimmelmayr, M. et al. Fit of 4-unit FDPs from CoCr and zirconia after conventional and digital impressions. Clin Oral Invest 20, 283–289 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-015-1513-5

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