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The purpose of this in vitro study was to compare the accuracy of digital impressions at the crown preparation margin using different scanning resolutions of a specific intraoral scanner system. An all-ceramic crown preparation of a mandibular first molar was constructed in a typodont, and a scan (n = 3) was created with an industrial-grade laboratory scanner (3Shape D2000) as the control. Digital impressions were obtained with an intraoral scanner (3Shape TRIOS 3) under three settings\u2014high resolution (HR), standard resolution (SR), and combined resolution (SHR). Comparative 3D analysis of scans was performed with Geomagic Control X software to measure the discrepancy between intraoral scans and the control scan along the preparation finish line. The scan time and number of images captured per scan were recorded. Statistical analysis was performed by one-way ANOVA, two-way repeated measures ANOVA, Pearson\u2019s correlation, and Dunnett\u2019s T3 test (\u03b1 = 0.05). Significant differences were observed for scan time and for number of images captured among scan resolution settings (\u03b1 &lt; 0.05). The scan time for the SR group was, on average, 34.2 s less than the SHR group and 46.5 s less than the HR group. For discrepancy on the finish line, no significant differences were observed among scanning resolutions (HR: 31.5 \u00b1 5.5 \u03bcm, SHR: 33.2 \u00b1 3.7 \u03bcm, SR: 33.6 \u00b1 3.1 \u03bcm). Significant differences in discrepancy were observed among tooth surfaces, with the distal surface showing the highest discrepancies. In conclusion, the resolution of the intra-oral scanner is primarily defined by the system hardware and optimized for default scans. A software high-resolution mode that obtains more data over a longer time may not necessarily benefit the scan accuracy, while the tooth preparation and surface parameters do affect the accuracy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20041157","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,21]],"date-time":"2020-02-21T10:49:16Z","timestamp":1582282156000},"page":"1157","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":94,"title":["Accuracy of CAD\/CAM Digital Impressions with Different Intraoral Scanner Parameters"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Asher","family":"Chiu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, WA 98195, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yen-Wei","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, WA 98195, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Juri","family":"Hayashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, WA 98195, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7658-0572","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alireza","family":"Sadr","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, WA 98195, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"44","DOI":"10.4012\/dmj.28.44","article-title":"A review of dental CAD\/CAM: Current status and future perspectives from 20 years of experience","volume":"28","author":"Miyazaki","year":"2009","journal-title":"Dent. 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