The aim of this study was to describe a novel digital technique to analyze the wear of screw-retained implant-supported metal-ceramic dental prostheses and natural tooth as antagonist. Materials and methods: Ten patients were consecutively included to rehabilitate partial edentulism by dental implants. Both the screw-retained implant-supported metal-ceramic dental prostheses and the natural tooth as antagonist were submitted to a digital impression through an intraoral scan to generate a Standard Tessellation Language digital file preoperatively (STL1), at 3 months (STL2), and 6 months (STL3) follow-up. Afterwards, an alignment procedure of the digital files (STL1-STL3) was performed on a reverse engineering morphometric software and volume changes at the screw-retained implant-supported metal-ceramic dental prostheses and the natural tooth as antagonist were analyzed using Student's t-test. Moreover, Gage R\&R statistical analysis was conducted to analyze the repeatability and reproducibility of the digital technique.
Age range
21 Years – 35 Years
Sex
ALL
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Wear volume (µm3) of the screw-retained implant-supported metal-ceramic dental prostheses
Timeframe: 3 months follow-up appointment
Wear volume (µm3) of the screw-retained implant-supported metal-ceramic dental prostheses
Timeframe: 6 months follow-up appointment
Wear volume (µm3) of the natural tooth as antagonist
Timeframe: 3 months follow-up appointment
Wear volume (µm3) of the natural tooth as antagonist
Timeframe: 6 months follow-up appointment