Accuracy of four intraoral scanners in oral implantology: a comparative in vitro study

BMC Oral Health

Table 2 Trueness (mean ± SD), in μm, for partially and fully edentulous maxilla, and p values testing the scanner by model interaction

Scanner	Partially edentulous maxilla	Fully edentulous maxilla	p-value¹
Scanner	Mean trueness (± SD)	Mean trueness (± SD)	p-value¹
CS 3600®	45.8 (±1.6) †, ʌ, *	60.6 (±11.7) †	0.047
Trios 3®	50.2 (±2.5) †, ‡, °	67.2 (±6.9) ‡	0.003
Cerec Omnicam®	58.8 (±1.6) ʌ, ‡	66.4 (±3.9) #	0.009
True Definition®	61.4 (±3.0) *, °	106.4 (±23.1) †,‡, #	0.012

N = 5 scans for each scanner and model type
The same symbol after SD indicates differences in trueness between scanner pairs (Tukey adjustment for multiple comparison). Minimum signicant difference across scanners 4.1 μm and 24.5 μm for partially and fully edentulous maxilla models, respectively
¹ p-value testing of the interaction between scanner and model type (partially vs fully edentulous maxilla), from t-tests taking into account the heterogeneity of variances (Satterthwaite method). A p-value > 0.05 indicates no difference in scanner trueness according to model type

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