ISSN: 2966-0599
v.2, n.2, 2025 (Fevereiro)
METADADOS
DOI: 10.69720/29660599.2025.00054
Author 1: Juliana Belén Burgos Cárdenas
Biography: Universidad San Gregorio de Portoviejo, Manabí, Ecuador.
E-mail: e.jbburgos@sangregorio.edu.ec
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7396-4065
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Author 2: Angela Mercedes Murillo Almache
Biography: Universidad San Gregorio de Portoviejo, Manabí, Ecuador.
E-mail: ammurillo@sangregorio.edu.ec
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2158-1871
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Author 3: José Manuel Cárdenas Sacoto
Biography: Universidad San Gregorio de Portoviejo, Manabí, Ecuador.
E-mail: jmcardenas@sangregorio.edu.ec
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4894-590X
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Author 4: Julia Adriana Cárdenas Sancán
Biography: Universidad San Gregorio de Portoviejo, Manabí, Ecuador.
E-mail: jacardenas@sangregorio.edu.ec
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9011-8199
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ABSTRACT: Introduction: Digital impression is a modern technique in dentistry that replaces conventional methods; it offers multiple advantages and contributes to sustainable dentistry; however, it has not yet been widely adopted, it is expected to become a common practice in the future.
Objective: To compare the efficiency of digital impressions versus conventional impression techniques in patients requiring indirect dental restorations.
Methods: A review with a critical and reflective approach of publications between 2019 and 2023. The PICO strategy was used to develop the research question. Keywords were extracted from the Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCs). The search was conducted in the Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science databases, and the Google Scholar metasearch engine.
Results: The intraoral scanner used in the digital impression technique enhances efficiency in indirect dental restorations and offers several advantages over the conventional impression technique. Additionally, it minimizes environmental impact and promotes sustainable practices.
Conclusions: Intraoral scanners create accurate 3D models of teeth and gums, making them ideal for indirect dental restorations such as crowns, fixed partial dentures, inlays, veneers, and others. Digital impressions provide advantages such as precision, elimination of materials, time and space savings, patient comfort, and are useful in periodontal cases. In this regard, they are significantly superior to conventional impression techniques and are characterized by being eco-friendly, as they reduce waste.
Keywords: Dental Impression Technique; Dental Impression Materials; Computer-Aided Design; Computer-Aided Manufacturing; Dental Prosthesis Design.
