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Table 1 The five intraoral scanners used in this study

From: Trueness and precision of 5 intraoral scanners in the impressions of single and multiple implants: a comparative in vitro study

 

Producer

Technology of acquisition

Powder

Colour

System

CS 3600®

Carestream Dental, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Structured light-Active Speed 3D Videoâ„¢

No

Yes

Proprietary files (.CSZ), but also open formats (.PLY,.STL) immediately available

Trios3®

3-Shape, Copenhagen, Denmark

Structured light –Confocal microscopy and Ultrafast Optical Scanning™

No

Yes

Proprietary files (.DCM) available, but possibility to export .STL files via the new Trios on Dental Desktop®

Omnicam®

Dentsply-Sirona, York, Pennsylvania, USA

Structured light -Optical triangulation and confocal microscopy

No

Yes

Proprietary files (.CS3,.SDT,.CDT,.IDT) are available, but possibility to export .STL files via the Cerec Connect®

DWIO®

Dentalwings, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Blue laser-Multiscan Imagingâ„¢ technology

No

No

Proprietary files (.XORDER), but also open

Formats (.STL) immediately available

Emerald®

Planmeca, Helsinki, Finland

Red, green and blue lasers-Projected Pattern Triangulationâ„¢

No

Yes

Open formats (.PLY,.STL) immediately available