J Korean Acad Prosthodont.  2016 Jul;54(3):234-238. 10.4047/jkap.2016.54.3.234.

Comparison of crown designs of different dental occupational groups, using CAD-CAM

• Kim T
• Kim JE
• Lee AR
• Park YB

• KMID: 2344861
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4047/jkap.2016.54.3.234

Abstract

PURPOSE
Increasing use of computer aided design-computer aided manufacturing (CAD-CAM) system and number of design software made design of restoration easy and quick. Outcome of restoration has been dependent on dental technician's wax up proficiency, dentists can design restoration for themselves now. This study aims to investigate the outcome of restoration designs, according to handling skill of CAD-CAM design tool.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
A patient's mandibular right 1st molar was prepared. After taking impression, stone model was made, scanned the stone model with 3 shape intra-oral scanner, stereolithography (STL) file was extracted. With 3shape dental designer, one dental technician with more than 5 years work experience (designer 0) and three dental technicians with less than 2years work experience (designer 1, 2, 3-group DT) and 4 1st year residents (designer 4, 5, 6, 7-group RT) designed gold crown on the same STL file. Designed crown's MD (mesio-distal) and BL (bucco-lingual) diameter, height of crown, inter-cuspal distance, number of occlusal contact points were compared. Statistical analysis was carried out, test of normality within each group, using independent t-test. Number of contact points were compared, using Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
RESULTS
There was no significant difference between group DT and group RT. Number of contact points also resulted in no significant difference.
CONCLUSION
The outcome of each designed crowns showed no statistical differences, in values which can be expressed as numbers. Subjective factors were different. With increasing proficiency in handling designing software, fabrication of restorations according to each designer's occlusal concept can be made easy.

Keyword

Computer aided design-computer aided manufacturing (CAD-CAM); Design software; Proficiency

MeSH Terms

Computer-Aided Design*
Crowns*
Dental Technicians
Dentists
Humans
Molar
Occupational Groups*

Figure

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  Fig. 1. M-D (mesiodistal) diameter, B-L (bucco-lingual) diameter, inter-cuspal distance was measured in occlusal view (A) and crown height was measured in buccal view (B) on 3shape dental designer.

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  Fig. 2. Occlusal view of designed crown. 0, 1, 2, 3: Crown design of group DT. 4, 5, 6, 7: Crown design of group RT.

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  Fig. 3. Buccal view of designed crown. 0, 1, 2, 3: Crown design of group DT. 4, 5, 6, 7: Crown design of group RT.

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