ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2023
Smile Design and Treatment Planning-Conventional versus Digital-A Pilot Study.
Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Comparison of Trueness of Digitally- and Conventionally-Fabricated Mockups.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2026Article
- Digital Dentistry in Clinical Practice: A Scoping Review of Current Capabilities and Future Directions.International dental journal · 2026Article
- Digital Smile Design and Patient-Centered Outcomes in Esthetic Restorative Dentistry: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Comparative Usability Evaluation of Three Digital Smile Design Software Tools Using the System Usability Scale.Dentistry journal · 2025Article
- Cosmetic Surgery or Not? A Dual Perspective from Professionals and Laypeople on the Facial Aesthetic Improvement of Patients Undergoing Complex Treatments-A Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Eco-Friendly Approaches to Enhance Dental Aesthetics and Patient Satisfactions Using Digital Smile Design: A Systematic Review.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry · 2025Review
- Bilateral Symmetry in the Aesthetic Area Achieved by Digital Smile Design on 3D Virtual Patient and Conventional Diagnostic Wax-Up-A Comparative Study.Dentistry journal · 2024Article
- The Recent Use, Patient Satisfaction, and Advancement in Digital Smile Designing: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2024Review
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Abstract
introductionSeveral methods are currently available for providing a preview of the prosthodontic treatment, including computer simulations, 3D models, wax-ups, and mock-ups. The aim of this study is to compare the aesthetic aspects and assessment of conventional versus digital prefigurative methods.
methodsThe study included 5 patients and 3 observers, for each of whom a wax-up was made in both the conventional and digital techniques. The analog method, which implied a mock-up molding with a silicone matrix of the wax-up, was compared to a digital workflow, which consisted of a mock-up milling from a digital design. The patient's clinical mock-ups were recorded with digital photographs and assessed for nine different criteria by three observers.
resultsThe analysis has shown a balanced assessment of the aesthetic criteria without any significant difference between the analog and digital prefigurative methods.
conclusionsBetween the two wax-ups (conventional and digital), there were some variations in smile and dental criteria; however, the obtained data were very similar. When it comes to the smile criteria, the general average grades of the mock-ups conducted using the conventional method are slightly higher than the ones using the digital technique.
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