

This study aimed to provide information on the accuracy of exported digital files with the different resolutions available in the CEREC 4.6.2 software obtained by means of an intraoral scanner (IOS), in addition to establishing differences between materialized models with different exported resolutions, and how these different exported files can influence finite element analysis (FEA) simulations. The possibilities of use in the realization of partial restorations, crowns and bridges are viable using impressions by intraoral scanners. The results of this review provide data on each of the systems currently available. Likewise, it aims to describe the different IOS systems used in addition to its advantages and disadvantages over con-ventional impressions for the manufacture of prosthetic restorations. This review of the literature aims to provide knowledge by collecting the findings of several studies on dental prostheses manufactured from intraoral digital impressions. It is expected that the use of these scanners generates an absolute digitalization in the fixed prosthodontics protocol. New technologies to design and machine fixed prosthesis are giving way to a higher frequency of digital impressions through intraoral scanners (IOS). Execution of this plan begins with the dental preparations and the impressions to obtain the working models. Att is an associate professor and the director, Postgraduate Program, Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Center for Dental Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.Workflow in fixed prosthesis requires a strict compliance of the exploration, diagnosis and treatment plan processes. She now is a biostatistician, Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland. Stampf was a statistician, Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, Center for Medical Biometry and Medical Informatics, University Medical Center Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, when this article was written. Lamprinos is an assistant professor and a doctoral candidate, Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Center for Dental Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

He also is an assistant professor and a scientific associate, Prosthetic Dentistry, Center for Dental Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Patzelt is a visiting research professor and the course director, Prosthetic Lecture Series and Seminar, Implant Periodontal Prosthodontics Program, Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore.

None of the authors reported any disclosures.
