Figure 1.

Procedural steps of the 3D surface scanning method: (a) Loupe magnification and precision airbrush gun; (b) Application of the anti-reflective coating spray on the surface of the NiTi instrument; (c) NiTi rotary instrument covered by the anti-reflective coating; (d) Scanbox of the 12 MP laboratory-based optical scanner; (e) Laboratory-based scanner head during the scanning procedure; (f) Instrument mounted in the object holder during the 360° scanning process; (g) Virtual 3D model of the scanned instrument showing its triangulated mesh.