Accuracy of Dental Contacts of an Occlusal Splint Made According to Conventional or Digital Techniques Using GeoMagic®.

Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Status: Completed

Conditions: Occlusal Splints

Treatments: Other: Occlusal Splints Analogic-Digital; Other: Occlusal Splints Digital-Digital; Other: Occlusal Splints Analogic-Analogic

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05317182

REST-ECL-2021-07

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare the accuracy of the occlusal splints made by conventional impression and milled with the splint made by intraoral scanner and milled.

Full 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).

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 3 patient groups

Analogic-Analogic

Active Comparator group

Description:

Occlusal splints made by conventional impression and conventional fabrication.

Treatment:

Other: Occlusal Splints Analogic-Analogic

Analogic-Digital

Active Comparator group

Description:

Occlusal splints made by conventional impression and digital design and fabrication.

Treatment:

Other: Occlusal Splints Analogic-Digital

Digital-Digital

Active Comparator group

Description:

Occlusal splints performed by intra-oral scanner and digital design and fabrication.

Treatment:

Other: Occlusal Splints Digital-Digital