Conventional vs digital impressions: Acceptability, treatment comfort and stress among young orthodontic patients

Open Dentistry Journal

Volumn 12, Issue Suppl-1, M8, 2018, Pages 118-124

  Mangano, Alessandro ^a   Beretta, Matteo ^b   Luongo, Giuseppe ^c   Mangano, Carlo ^d   Mangano, Francesco ^e  

^a Gravedona   (Italy)

^b University of Naples ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e University of Varese   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alginate impressions; Comfortable impression technique; Digital impressions; Intraoral scanners; Patients preferences; Treatment comfort

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043508106     PISSN: 18742106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874210601812010118     Document Type: Article

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