DDS Digital Training Resources

    Critical Scan Instructions

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      Total scan area

      Appropriate area to capture for typical posterior restoration: 
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      Critical scan areas

      • Margins - exposed, clean, clear
      • Contacts - incisal half of adjacent teeth
      • Opposing - tooth structure in occlusal contact with restoration
    3. 3

      Non-critical scan areas

      • All data outside the gray box
      • Lingual surface of opposing
      • Embrasures including the area below the ideal contact area
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      Important bite info

      • Keep in mind that good buccal data is needed on both arches to acquire an accurate bite.
      • Including the scalloped gum line may improve the bite alignment.

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      Critical vs. Non-critical Scan Area


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