A Novel Method to Evaluate Precision of Optical Implant Impressions with Commercial Scan Bodies—An Experimental Approach

Abstract

The precision of extraoral scanning of scan bodies is dependent on the scan body surface design and geometry. The precision of scanning with an extraoral model scanner differed between the scan body geometries and inter-scan body distances. The precision of dental implant scan body scanning was not significantly influenced by detachment and repositioning of the scan body.