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3D Facial Scanning in Full-Arch Implant Prosthodontics: Time Efficiency and Patient Satisfaction
Sponsor: Ain Shams University
Summary
This study compares two ways of planning the bite (jaw-relation) stage of full-arch, implant-supported dental prosthesis treatment: a standard digital approach, and the same approach with the addition of 3D facial scanning, which lets the dental team plan the new teeth against a scan of the patient's own face. The study measured how patients felt about their treatment using a validated questionnaire, and also tracked how many clinic visits and adjustments each approach needed. Twenty-two patients took part, randomly assigned to one of the two approaches.
Official title: Effect of Integrating 3D Facial Scanning in Full-Arch Implant Prosthetics: Time Efficiency and Patient Satisfaction
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
22
Start Date
2024-10-31
Completion Date
2026-07-25
Last Updated
2026-08-07
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Conventional-Digital Jaw-Relation Workflow
Jaw-relation recording using intraoral digital scanning, digitally fabricated bite blocks, and a traditional wax-rim jaw-relation technique with facebow transfer and mechanical articulator mounting, w
3D Facial Scanning-Guided Jaw-Relation Workflow
Integration of 3D facial scanning into the jaw-relation recording stage of full-arch implant prosthetic rehabilitation, merging facial, intraoral, and CBCT datasets to guide prosthetic design against facial reference planes. Performed in addition to the same base digital workflow described in Intervention 1.
Locations (1)
Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt