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Table 1 Features of the IOSs investigated in this study

From: Trueness of 12 intraoral scanners in the full-arch implant impression: a comparative in vitro study

Name

Manufacturer

Acquisition technology

Output files

ITERO ELEMENTS 5D®

Align Technologies, San Josè, CA, USA

Parallel Confocal Microscopy

3ds (proprietary format); ply and stl

(open formats)

PRIMESCAN®

Dentsply Sirona, York, PN, USA

High-resolution Sensors and Shortwave Light with Optical High Frequency Contrast Analysis for Dynamic Deep Scan (20 mm)

dxd (proprietary format) with possibility to export .stl files (open

format) with Cerec Connect®

OMNICAM®

Optical Triangulation and Confocal Microscopy

cs3, sdt, cdt, idt (proprietary format) with possibility to export .stl files (open format) with Cerec Connect®

CS 3700®

Carestream Dental, Atlanta, GA, USA

Active Triangulation with Smart-shade Matching via Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function

dcm (proprietary format); ply and stl

(open formats)

CS 3600®

LED light scanner -Active Speed 3D Video

csz (proprietary format), ply and stl (open formats)

TRIOS3®

3-Shape, Copenhagen, Denmark

Confocal Microscopy and Ultrafast Optical Scanning

dcm (proprietary format), with possibility to export stl files (open formats) with Trios on Dental Desktop®

i-500®

Medit, Seoul, South Korea

3D in Motion Video Technology

obj, ply and stl (open formats)

EMERALD S®

Planmeca, Helsinki, Finland

Red, green and blue lasers- Projected Pattern Triangulation

3oxz (proprietary format), ply and stl (open formats)

EMERALD®

Red, green and blue lasers- Projected Pattern Triangulation

3oxz (proprietary format), ply and stl (open formats)

VIRTUOVIVO®

Dentalwings, Montreal, Canada

Blue laser-Multiscan Imaging Technology

xorder (proprietary format); ply, stl (open format)

DWIO®

Blue laser-Multiscan Imaging Technology

xorder (proprietary format); ply, stl (open format)

RUNEYES®

Runeyes MI, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

Synchronous 3D Video Quick Technology

obj, ply and stl (open formats)