Integrating Facial and Intraoral Scans for Digital Esthetic and Occlusal Design: A Technical Report

The provisional prosthesis is a prerequisite for prosthodontic rehabilitation. The purpose of this technique was to register facial and intraoral scans predictably. A 3D virtual patient was created through facial scans, intraoral scans, digital face‐bow transfer, and digital cross‐articulation techn...

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Published in:Journal of prosthodontics 2021-10, Vol.30 (8), p.729-733
Main Authors: Sun, Ao, Yang, Yang, Gao, Hanqi, Lin, Wei‐Shao, Chen, Li, Tan, Jianguo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Dentistry
Digital cross‐articulation
digital facebow
Patients
Prostheses
Prosthetics
Rehabilitation
virtual articulator
virtual patient
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Summary:The provisional prosthesis is a prerequisite for prosthodontic rehabilitation. The purpose of this technique was to register facial and intraoral scans predictably. A 3D virtual patient was created through facial scans, intraoral scans, digital face‐bow transfer, and digital cross‐articulation technique. This virtual patient allowed predictable positioning of intraoral scans to a virtual articulator by using digital face‐bow transfer. The resulting virtual patient facilitated the design of definitive prostheses following a facially generated treatment planning principle. In addition, the virtual articulator was used to improve occlusal design on the definitive prostheses and reduce the need for intraoral adjustment.
ISSN:1059-941X
1532-849X
DOI:10.1111/jopr.13397