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Intraoral scanning for digital impressions is a rapidly progressing technology that provides dentists with new capabilities for enhanced patient care. From simple inlays to fusing virtual models with cone beam computed tomography, this technology is changing the way dentistry is accomplished.

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  1. Comprehensive Dentistry, University of Texas in San Antonio School of Dentistry, San Antonio, TX, USA

    Stefanie D. Seitz DDS & Richard L. Zimmermann DDS

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Correspondence to Richard L. Zimmermann DDS .

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  1. University of Connecticut, School of Dental Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA

    Geraldine M. Weinstein

  2. Wellspring Dental, Brooklyn, New York, USA

    Mitchell T. Zientz

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Seitz, S.D., Zimmermann, R.L. (2017). Digital Impressions. In: Weinstein, G., Zientz, M. (eds) The Dental Reference Manual. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39730-6_11

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