Intraoral scanners in dentistry: A review of the current literature

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Mangano, Francesco ^a   Gandolfi, Andrea ^b   Luongo, Giuseppe ^c   Logozzo, Silvia ^d,e  

^a University of Varese   (Italy)

^b Private Practice   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^e Department of Research and Development   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Clinical use; Intraoral scanners; Optical impressions; Time efficiency

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL IMPRESSION; DEVICES; HUMAN;

DENTAL IMPRESSION TECHNIQUE; HUMANS;

EID: 85038002871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12903-017-0442-x     Document Type: Article

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