Ajanpeni¹*, Nirmal Raj², Puneet Mutneja³, Arkaprava saha¹ and Roopal Dubey¹

¹MDS 3RD Year, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Center, Dimapur, Nagaland, India
²Professor and head, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Center, India
³Professor, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Centre, India

*Corresponding Author: Ajanpeni, MDS 3RD Year, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Center, Dimapur, Nagaland, India.

Received: November 30, 2022; Published: January 23, 2023

Abstract

Aim: To evaluate the effect of splinting on the accuracy of impressions made for ALL-ON-FOUR Implant situation-A treatment protocol.

Material and Methods: A reference model of an edentulous mandible was made using clear Acrylic Heat cure. Four implants were placed according to all on 4 concepts where two implants that were straight, placed in the anterior region and the other two were placed at posterior region that were placed at an angulation of 45 degree. Impressions were made using regular body addition silicone and the cast were further divided into three groups i.e., Non splinting, splinting using pattern resin and splinting using flowable composite. X axis, Y axis and Z axis were measured using a CMM and the data was collected and analyzed statistically and finally the result was obtained.

Results: splinting showed more accuracy than the non-splinted group. Splinting using pattern resin showed no significant difference in comparison with the flowable composite.

Conclusion: Results showed that pattern resin as well as flowable composite had more accuracy than the non-splinting group and can be recommended for splinting of all on 4 impression copings as they exhibited similar results to the reference model.

Keywords: Splinting, All-on-Four, Pattern Resin, Flowable Composite

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Citation

Citation: Ajanpeni., et al. “To Evaluate the Effect of Splinting using Two Different Materials on the Accuracy of Impressions made for All-On-Four Implant Situation Using Open Tray Impression Technique-An Invitro Study ".Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 7.2 (2023): 191-197.

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