Table 4.

Data import options for all the tested systems CDX (coDiagnostiX, Dentalwings); NC (NobelClinician, Nobel Biocare); SIM (Simplant, Dentsply); SMP (Smop, Swissmeda) and IST (Implant Studio, 3Shape)

	CDX	SIM	SMP	NC	IST
(CB-)CT
DICOM	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
proprietary CT or CBCT scanner	X	X	X	X	from 2017
model scan
stl	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
other	X	X	.ply format	.nxa format	.dcm format
proprietary model scanners	(✓)	X	X	Nobel Procera G2	✓
intraoral scan
stl	✓	✓	✓	X	✓
other	X	X	X	X	.dcm format with texture
image registration
double scan protocol	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
single scan protocol with reference markers	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
single scan without reference markers	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
automatic registration	X	X	X	✓	X
semi-automatic registration	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓