Table 2.
Mean working time, retake time, and number of retakes for digital and conventional impression procedures
| Digital | Conventional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Implant quadrant | Implant full arch | Tooth quadrant | Tooth full arch | Implant | Tooth | |
| Mean time for impression (min) | 15.55 ± 3.49 (n = 4) | 8.62 ± 1.79 (n = 4) | 7.74 ± 2.32 (n = 4) | 16.19 ± 5.35 (n = 3) | 16.74 ± 5.24 (n = 8) | 13.94 ± 5.35 (n = 7) |
| Total for implant IOS: 12.06 ± 4.52 (n = 8) | Total for tooth IOS: 11.57 ± 5.8 (n = 7) | |||||
| Mean retake time (min) | 2.57 ± 0.42 (n = 2) | 1.80 ± 1.08 (n = 2) | n/a | n/a | 3.65 ± 2.57 (n = 4) | 2.63 (n = 1) |
| Mean retake no. | 0.17 (n = 1) | 8.00 ± 1.41 (n = 2) | 2.33 ± 1.52 (n = 1) | 3.33 ± 3.51 (n = 1) | 1.72 ± 1.43 (n = 3) | 1.66 ± 1.15 (n = 3) |
SD, standard deviation of the mean;
n, number of studies reporting this outcome;
n/a, not available