Comparison of clinical bracket point registration with 3D laser scanner and coordinate measuring machine

• Main Authors: Mahtab Nouri (Author), Arash Farzan (Author), Ali Reza Akbarzadeh Baghban (Author), Reza Massudi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Dental Press Editora, 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 2177-6709; 10.1590/2176-9451.20.1.059-065.oar
• Keywords: Laser; Ortodontia; Processamento de imagem assistido por computador; Dentistry; RK1-715
• Source: Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 59-65 (2015)

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to assess the diagnostic value of a laser scanner developed to determine the coordinates of clinical bracket points and to compare with the results of a coordinate measuring machine (CMM). METHODS: This diagnostic experimental study was conducted on maxillary and mandibular orthodontic study casts of 18 adults with normal Class I occlusion. First, the coordinates of the bracket points were measured on all casts by a CMM. Then, the three-dimensional coordinates (X, Y, Z) of the bracket points were measured on the same casts by a 3D laser scanner designed at Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. The validity and reliability of each system were assessed by means of intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Dahlberg's formula. RESULTS: The difference between the mean dimension and the actual value for the CMM was 0.0066 mm. (95% CI: 69.98340, 69.99140). The mean difference for the laser scanner was 0.107 ± 0.133 mm (95% CI: -0.002, 0.24). In each method, differences were not significant. The ICC comparing the two methods was 0.998 for the X coordinate, and 0.996 for the Y coordinate; the mean difference for coordinates recorded in the entire arch and for each tooth was 0.616 mm. CONCLUSION: The accuracy of clinical bracket point coordinates measured by the laser scanner was equal to that of CMM. The mean difference in measurements was within the range of operator errors.