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Progress in digital dentistry: The practical use of intraoral scanners
Suese K.. Dental materials journal, 2019-11-14
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
An optical-impression by an intraoral scanner (IOS) involves optically measuring the surface shape of the target teeth or gums directly in the patient's mouth. IOSs have many advantages, such as reduce patients pain and discomfort, the operator's burden and the risk on infection, real-time impression scanning and visualization, simple replication and selective scanning, reduction of cost and waste of materials and detection of dental caries and crack . IOSs have become one of the most valuable dental-treatment devices for patients, dentists, dental technicians, and dental hygienists. The IOS accuracy matches or supersedes the accuracy of the conventional-impression and indirect method with working models. IOS is clinically applicable in restoration up to four units. IOS's high reproducibility, information-processing ability, multimedia capability, and simplicity and speed in communication can apply to group examination and identification of disaster victims or dementia patients.
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Suese, K. (2020). Progress in digital dentistry: The practical use of intraoral scanners. Dental materials journal. https://doi.org/10.4012/dmj.2019-224
Vancouver
Suese K. Progress in digital dentistry: The practical use of intraoral scanners. Dental materials journal. 2020. doi:10.4012/dmj.2019-224. PMID: 31723066.
BibTeX
@article{suese2020-31723066,
author = {Suese, K.},
title = {{Progress in digital dentistry: The practical use of intraoral scanners}},
journal = {Dental materials journal},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.4012/dmj.2019-224},
pmid = {31723066},
url = {https://doi.org/10.4012/dmj.2019-224}
}
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Key findings
- IOSs have many advantages, such as reduce patients pain and discomfort, the operator's burden and the risk on infection, real-time impression scanning and visualization, simple replication and selective scanning, reduction of cost and waste of materials and detection of dental caries and crack .
- IOSs have become one of the most valuable dental-treatment devices for patients, dentists, dental technicians, and dental hygienists.
- The IOS accuracy matches or supersedes the accuracy of the conventional-impression and indirect method with working models.
- IOS is clinically applicable in restoration up to four units.
- IOS's high reproducibility, information-processing ability, multimedia capability, and simplicity and speed in communication can apply to group examination and identification of disaster victims or dementia patients.
Why it matters
This paper is about intraoral scanners in digital dentistry and only mentions in passing that their communication features could be applied to group examination and identification of disaster victims or dementia patients. It provides no evidence about treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 39/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomized / blinded because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Dental materials journal) |
| Journal's citation record | 1 / 4 | Dental Materials Journal: journal h-index 96 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 2 / 5 | 2020 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomized / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomization or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 5 / 7 | Cited 141 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 3 / 5 | 17.6 citations a year over 8 year(s) since 2020 |
| Impact for its field and year | 4 / 6 | Cited 8.6× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 3 / 4 | Cited 83 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 1 / 4 | Last-listed author Kazuhiko Suese: h-index 8 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 0 / 3 | Osaka Dental University: institution h-index 117 (OpenAlex) |
| Multicenter collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 1 institution(s) in 1 country — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 31723066) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Total | 39 / 100 | — |
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Read the original
- DOI: 10.4012/dmj.2019-224
- PubMed: 31723066
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