Despite the shift from 2D towards 3D virtual treatment planning of orthognathic surgery, traditional plaster cast are still gold standard. The investigators aimed to compare the overall reliability and time efficiency of an digital workflow using 3D printed models, in comparison to the conventional plaster workflow. Twenty real-life cases were planned according to both workflows and timed by a single resident.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
20
AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV
Bruges, Belgium
time efficiency: duration of the complete workflow, measured in seconds with a digital chronometer
duration of the complete workflow, measured in seconds with a digital chronometer
Time frame: preoperative
reliability of the workflow through registration of problems, difficulties that occur
evaluation of the reliability of the workflow through registration of problems, difficulties that occur
Time frame: preoperative
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