Abstract
Statement of problem
Stereolithography (SLA) procedures can be chosen for manufacturing definitive crowns;
however, how the print orientation impacts the trueness and precision of the intaglio
surface of the printed definitive restorations is unclear.
Purpose
The purpose of this in vitro investigation was to calculate the manufacturing accuracy
of the intaglio surface of SLA definitive resin-ceramic crowns fabricated at varying
print orientations (0, 45, 75, or 90 degrees).
Material and methods
The standard tessellation language (STL) file of an anatomic contour molar crown was
obtained and used to fabricate all the crowns by using a definitive resin-ceramic
material (Permanent Crown) and an SLA printer (Form 3B+). Four groups were developed
depending on the print orientation selected to manufacture the crowns: 0-, 45-, 70-,
and 90-degree print orientation (n=30). Each crown specimen was digitized without
the use of scanning powder by using a desktop scanner (T710). The crown design file
was determined as the reference (control) group and used to calculate the fabricating
trueness and precision of the intaglio surface of the specimens using the root mean
square (RMS) error computation. Trueness data were examined by using 1-way ANOVA and
post hoc pairwise multiple comparison Tukey tests, while precision data were analyzed
using the Levene test (α=.05).
Results
The mean ±standard deviation RMS error discrepancies ranged from 37 ±3 μm to 113 ±11
μm. One-way ANOVA exposed significant trueness (P<.001) differences among the groups considered in this study. Furthermore, all the
print orientation groups tested were different from each other (P<.001). The 0-degree group presented the best trueness value (37 μm), while the 90-degree
group obtained the worst trueness value (113 μm). The Levene test exposed significant
precision differences among the groups assessed (P<.001). The 0-degree group had a significantly lower standard deviation (higher precision)
(3 μm) than the other groups, with no difference among the other groups tested (P>.05).
Conclusions
The fabricating trueness and precision of the intaglio surface of the SLA resin-ceramic
crowns was impacted by the varying print orientations assessed.
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Published online: May 26, 2023
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Conflict of Interest: The authors did not have any conflict of interest, financial or personal, in any of the materials described in this study.
Funding: This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
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