Table 1.
Dental materials that generate artifacts.
| Materials | Artifacts and Disadvantages |
|
|---|---|---|
| Orthodontics | NiTi arch wires | Major distortions |
| Stainless-steel brackets | Major distortions | |
| Endodontics | Resin-based sealer | No distortions |
| Gutta-percha | No distortions | |
| Implant and Prostheses |
Implants | Major distortions |
| Removable prostheses | Major distortions, and possibility of movement | |
| Gold crowns | No distortions | |
| Metal crowns | Minor distortions | |
| Zirconia | Confilicting results | |
| Ceramic | No distortions | |
| Restorative Dentistry |
Glass ionomer cements | Major distortions |
| Composite resins | Major distortions | |
| Polycarboxylate | Minor distortions | |
| Zinc phosphate-based cement | Minor distortions | |
| Modified dimethacrylates | Minor distortions | |
| Amalgam | Minor distortions |