Introduction. Modern development of the dental industry in general and orthopedic dentistry in particular involves the use of different kinds of digital technologies while planning and complex rehabilitation of patients, contributing to the possibility of achieving higher levels of individualization and patient-oriented dental treatment. The updated capabilities of digital technologies include approaches for obtaining digital impressions using an intraoral scanner, which can be used for preliminary planning and modeling of changes in the dental status of patients with the possibility of their representation in a digital environment, coordinating the forecast of the achievement and the relevant results with the patient, and taking into account individual requests. Therefore, this issue requires more careful study. Aim. The aim of the article is to evaluate the use of intraoral scanning technologies in the process of orthopedic rehabilitation of dental patients with non-removable structures based on the analysis of modern scientific literature. Results. There is a trend toward increasing usage of digital technologies in general and the method of intraoral scanning in particular in clinical dental practice and in the course of orthopedic rehabilitation of dental patients. The increase in the level of involvement of digital dentistry methods in the treatment process is also associated with a change in the demand for various types of orthopedic structures, which is reflected particularly in the prevalence of using all-ceramic and zirconium constructions in clinics, where the implementation of digital technologies at the stages of diagnosis, treatment, and manufacture of crowns is ensured, with a simultaneous decrease in the demand for constructions that require an analog manufacturing method involving manual work by dental technicians. Analysis of the Ukrainian and foreign literature proves that, despite all the successful research in this sphere, the orthopedic treatment of patients using intraoral scanning technologies still requires further study and improvement. Conclusions. Having taken into consideration all the above-mentioned facts, we can state that the scientific literature still does not reflect a clear consensus regarding the existing trend toward increased usage of digital technologies in dental orthopedic practice and the continued use of widely spread constructions, with a significant prevalence of metal-ceramic types of orthopedic restorations, in the context of the possible adaptation of the digital approach to the manufacture of this type of restoration.
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