What question did this study set out to answer?

This study aims to assess the accuracy of intraoral scanning at different implant depths during immediate implant placement.

February 13, 2026

Accuracy of Intraoral Scanning at Varying Implant Depths and Resulting Scan Body Exposures in Anterior Immediate Implant Placement: An In Vitro Study

Key Points

This study aims to assess the accuracy of intraoral scanning at different implant depths during immediate implant placement.
Conducted in vitro assessments of intraoral scanning accuracy
Tested varying implant depths in maxillary anterior placements
Measured scan body exposure relative to mucosa
Found consistent accuracy of less than 30 μm across implant depths
Observed angular deviations of less than 0.1 degrees
Indicated clinical viability of the digital workflow for immediate implant procedures

Abstract

Within the limitation of this in vitro study, in maxillary anterior immediate implant placement, the scanning showed consistent high accuracy (<30 μm) across the tested depth levels. Also, the angular deviations were consistently low (<0.1 degrees). A digital workflow using an intraoral scanner and scan body should be clinically applicable for immediate implant placement and provisionalization scenarios within a range of scan body exposures incisal to the mucosa.

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Liao et al. (Sun,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698ebf1d85a1ff6a930164dd https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.11607/jomi.11657

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