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. 2020 Jan;50(1):13-25.
doi: 10.4041/kjod.2020.50.1.13. Epub 2020 Jan 22.

Accuracy and reliability of measurements performed using two different software programs on digital models generated using laser and computed tomography plaster model scanners

Leonardo T Camardella  1 , Edwin M Ongkosuwito  2 , E Willemijn Penning  2 , Anne Marie Kuijpers-Jagtman  2 , Oswaldo V Vilella  1 , K Hero Breuning  2
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Accuracy and reliability of measurements performed using two different software programs on digital models generated using laser and computed tomography plaster model scanners

Leonardo T Camardella et al. Korean J Orthod. 2020 Jan.

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy and reliability of measurements performed using two different software programs on digital models generated using two types of plaster model scanners (a laser scanner and a computed tomography [CT] scanner).

Methods: Thirty plaster models were scanned with a 3Shape laser scanner and with a Flash CT scanner. Two examiners performed measurements on plaster models by using digital calipers and on digital models by using Ortho Analyzer (3Shape) and Digimodel® (OrthoProof) software programs. Forty-two measurements, including tooth diameter, crown height, overjet, overbite, intercanine and intermolar distances, and sagittal relationship, were obtained.

Results: Statistically significant differences were not found between the plaster and digital model measurements (ANOVA); however, some discrepancies were clinically relevant. Plaster and digital model measurements made using the two scanning methods showed high intraclass coefficient correlation values and acceptable 95% limits of agreement in the Bland-Altman analysis. The software used did not influence the accuracy of measurements.

Conclusions: Digital models generated from plaster casts by using laser and CT scanning and measured using two different software programs are accurate, and the measurements are reliable. Therefore, both fabrication methods and software could be used interchangeably.

Keywords: Computed tomography; Digital models; Three-dimensional diagnosis and treatment planning; Three-dimensional scanner.

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CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Schematic overview of the design of the study. Laser OA, Digital model produced by laser scanning and measured with the Ortho Analyzer software; Laser DM, digital model produced by laser scanning and measured with the Digimodel software; CT OA, digital model produced by computed tomography (CT) scanning and measured with the Ortho Analyzer software; CT DM, digital model produced by CT scanning and measured with the Digimodel software.
Figure 2
Figure 2. A, Measuring the overbite by using the Ortho Analyzer software. B, Measuring the overjet and overbite by using the Digimodel software.
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