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With the advancement of medical science and technology, the dental industry has also entered the digital age. Hospitals, clinics, and dental technicians have begun to implement a computerized digital integration system, the process of complex and time-consuming traditional artificial dentures was replaced by computerized digitization, in order to improve the discomfort caused by traditional impression Therefore, the tool used for digitizing the "intraoral scanner" is a type of medical device that has gradually become popular in the dental field. This study aims at the accuracy verification and improvement of intraoral scanners. Focusing on 3 Shape TRIOS-3 intraoral scanners within the factory, a variety of operations was exercised with several external environmental conditions to verify the scanning accuracy. The findings provided as reference for the Institute of Dental Technology. 3Shape TRIOS intraoral scanner was used and operated by three users in the experiment for three times of the scanning process on the studying model, so as to measure and analyze the error for calculation of accuracy. Among them, the experimental conditions are as follows: 1. Operators’ experience: A has 4 years of experiences in clinical field of dental technology; B and C are common people without experiences; however, they had gone through 2-3 weeks of operational training of instrument. They used intraoral scanner and desktop scanner to scan the study models under the same external environmental conditions respectively (4 kinds of conditions: daylight, daylight + spot light, free of light and covered by saliva), followed by exporting digital models to STL files for analysis of error value with Geomagic Qualify, further identifying the optimized parameter, sending digital files to 3D printers for working models to validate the accuracy of the file. Indicated from the experimental results, we compared the error values of full-mouth and lower jaw models via different scanning procedures (control group and experimental group) and found out that the error values scanned by three operators all showed B error > C error > A Error. In addition, such intervention out of external environments as saliva and spot light had larger effect, wherein the error values almost went beyond 0.6mm above, even 1mm above. Also, the error value of full-month scanning process was even larger than semi-scanning one; hence, the speed of scanning movement, the distance between the probe of scanner and the surface of object, as well as the steadiness of the scanners were factors causing higher level of error. For the factors of artificial operation, resolution of image inputs in the analysis software, the duration of image by supplementary scanning and the number of captured image (over-large area of image defective damage) would lead to higher or lower level of error value. We have identified that the operation of intraoral scanner without professional training would cause higher level of error value; also, coverage of saliva, excessive light spotting on the surface of tooth, plus the velocity of movement during scanning process and the distance between the probe of scanner and the surface of tooth would also cause higher level of error value. Therefore, we may be able to provide the scanning procedure in the experiment group with the upcoming researchers or operators for scanning of full-mouth upper jaw, while that in the control group may be used for full-mouth lower jaw and in the semi-mouth experiment, the scanning procedure of the experiment group may obtain the best result of image.
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