Trueness of Intra-Oral Scanners Compared to an Extra-Oral Scanner for Scanning of Mandibular Edentulous Impressions

August 3, 2026 updated by: Ahmed Mostafa Abdelfatah, Ain Shams University

the relative accuracy of different intraoral scanner types specifically for capturing the complex morphology of edentulous arches, including peripheral borders and mobile tissues, remains an area of investigation, with conflicting reports in the literature.

The purpose of this study is to compare the accuracy of different intraoral scanners with a laboratory scanner for digitizing impressions of edentulous mandible.

Completely edentulous patients will be gathered; final impressions will be taken for them using zinc oxide & eugenol impression material then they will be scanned with intra oral and extra oral scanners for indirect digitalization.

Scans will be superimposed and compared using a software program for analysis for accuracy in the form of trueness

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Detailed Description

completely edentulous patients will be recruited.

Study procedures:

Custom trays will be fabricated and checked for extension, and then definitive impressions will be made with type-1 low fusing impression compound (Tracing sticks; Kemdent, UK) for border molding and zinc oxide eugenol impression paste (Cavex Holland B.N) for the impression. Reference markers will be placed on the impressions in anterior and posterior ridge areas.

The indirect digitalization of impressions will be made with two different Intraoral scanning devices and a laboratory scanner.

  • Intra oral scanners are:

    1. Aoralscan (Shining 3D Tech. Co., Ltd. Hangzhou, China): structured light-optical triangulation technology.
    2. MEDIT i600 (Medit Corp. Seoul, South Korea): structured light-3d-in-motion video technology.
  • Extra oral scanner: UP3D. Scans will be exported as standard tessellation language (STL) files. The STL files then will be compared using a 3D analysis software program for analysis.

For "trueness" measurements every STL file of each experimental group will be superimposed to the extra oral scan.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

9

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • edentulous patients
  • last teeth extraction 6 months before the impression procedures

Exclusion Criteria:

  • un cooperative patients
  • Neuromotor disorders
  • Parkinsonism
  • Tremors

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Digital impression of the mandibular edentulous arch
Digital impression of the mandibular edentulous arch will be made by MEDIT i600 scanner (Medit Corp. Seoul, South Korea) followed by another digital impression of the same arch using Aoralscan scanner (Shining 3D Tech. Co., Ltd. Hangzhou, China). Both impressions will be compared to each other in terms of trueness.
Digital impression of the mandibular edentulous arch will be made by MEDIT i600 scanner (Medit Corp. Seoul, South Korea) followed by another digital impression of the same arch using Aoralscan scanner (Shining 3D Tech. Co., Ltd. Hangzhou, China). Both impressions will be compared to each other in terms of trueness.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
trueness assessment of impression techniques for mandibular edentulous arches
Time Frame: 3 months
Assessment of trueness of Digital impression of the mandibular edentulous arch using intra oral scanner will be made by MEDIT i600 scanner (Medit Corp. Seoul, South Korea) followed by another digital impression of the same arch using Aoralscan scanner (Shining 3D Tech. Co., Ltd. Hangzhou, China). Both impressions will be compared to each other in terms of trueness in relation to desktop scanner. Root mean square of trueness in m.m will be reported.
3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

July 15, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

October 1, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

October 15, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 14, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 27, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

August 3, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 4, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 3, 2026

Last Verified

August 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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