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Accuracy of several implant bite registration techniques: an in-vitro pilot study
Do-Hyun Park1, Ji-Man Park2, Jae-Won Choi1,3
1Department of Prosthodontics, Dental Research Institute, Institute of Translation Dental Science, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.
Purpose:
This study evaluated the accuracies of different bite registration techniques for implant-fixed prostheses using three dimensional file analysis.
Materials And Methods:
Implant fixtures were placed on the mandibular right second premolar, and the first and second molar in a polyurethane model. Aluwax (A), Pattern Resin (P), and Blu-Mousse (B) were used as the bite registration materials on the healing abutments (H) or temporary abutments (T). The groups were classified into HA, HP, HB, TA, TP, and TB according to each combination. The group using the bite impression coping was the BC group; impression taking and bite registration were performed simultaneously. After impression and bite taking, the scan bodies were connected to the lab analogs of the casts. These casts were scanned using a model scanner. The distances between two reference points in three-dimensional files were measured in each group. One-way ANOVA and Duncan's test were used at the 5% significance level.
Results:
The smallest distance discrepancy was observed in the TB group using the temporary abutments. The Blu-Mousse and HP groups showed the largest distance discrepancy. The TB and BC groups showed a lower distance discrepancy than the HP group (P=.001), and there was no significant difference between the groups using the temporary abutments and healing abutments (P>.05).
Conclusion:
Although this study has limitations as an in-vitro investigation, the groups using the temporary abutments to hold the Blu-Mousse record and bite impression coping showed greater accuracy than the group using the healing abutments to hold the pattern resin record.
