"Comparative Study of the Accuracy of Dental Contacts of an Occlusal Splint Made According to Conventional or Digital Techniques Using GeoMagic®."
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 40
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Volumetric changes assessed in Root Mean Square (RMS)
Study Overview
Brief Summary
To compare the accuracy of the occlusal splints made by conventional impression and milled with the splint made by intraoral scanner and milled.
Detailed Description
Forty participants received two different occlusal devices from two different workflows (fully conventional and fully digital). Every splint was scanned before and after the occlusal adjustments in order to compare the volumetric changes. Furthermore, the scans were compared in a software Geomagic® Control X calculates and measures the distance from every surface point from the initial dataset (occlusal devices before adjustment) to the final dataset (occlusal device after adjustment).
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Factorial
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients between 18 to 70 years old.
- •Patients who maintain until first molar in both arches.
- •Patients who need occlusal splints due to bruxism.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Pregnant patients.
- •Patients with removable prostheses.
- •Patients with fixed prostheses between six to six in both arches.
- •Patients with partial edentulism, do not maintain until first molar in both arches.
- •Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD): articular noises, pain on palpation, limited opening.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Volumetric changes assessed in Root Mean Square (RMS)
Time Frame: 1 week
The software of automatically graphical comparisons called Geomagic® Control X (Geomagic Inc., 3D Systems Inc., USA) will be used to calculate the accuracy by measuring the distance (positive or negative) from every surface point from the initial dataset (occlusal devices before adjustment) to the final dataset (occlusal device after adjustment). This approach will give us the mean of the simple arithmetic difference.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Alvaro Blasi
Principal investigator
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya